Punjab Police Rules Volume 1 - Sangrur Police

32 Punjab Police Rules, 1934 Volume 1, CHAPTER 3
duties at headquarters, other than headquarter police stations. At police stations married
quarters are being provided as funds permit for the officer in charge, the assistant sub-inspectors
permanently sanctioned for the station and 2/5ths of the sanctioned
establishment of head constables and constables.
Rule 3.20
3.20. Allotment of quarters and grant of house rent allowances to constables. -
Constables and Head Constables stationed at headquarters of districts, desiring Government
family quarters or house rent in lieu thereof, shall apply in writing to the
Superintendent of Police stating where they are posted, the duty on which they are employed,
and the numbers of the members of their family to be accommodated. Such
applications shall be forwarded through their immediate superior officer, not below the
rank of sub-inspector, who shall endorse his recommendations. Such applications, if not
refused, shall be acknowledged, filed and entered serially as received, in a register which
shall be maintained in Form 3.20.
Rule 3.21
3.21. Grant of house rent allowances instead of family quarters. - If no family quarters
are available in the vicinity of the place of duty of an applicant under Rule 3.20, he
may be granted a house rent allowance, provided that the sanctioned number of allowances
is not exceeded. Such allowance is a personal allowance and is not transferable and
shall cease when the recipient (a) is permanently transferred or (b) proceeds on leave for
a period exceeding four months or (c) for any other sufficient reason at the discretion of
the Superintendent of Police, whose order shall be final. The maximum number of house
rent allowances sanctioned in each district is 25 per cent of the number of Head Constables
and constables stationed at headquarters excluding the reserve and the provision for
escorts.
Rule 3.22
3.22. Disposal of claims for family quarters or house rent allowance. - In determining
the priority of claim for family quarters or for the grant of house rent allowance, the
Superintendent of Police shall be guided by the following considerations in the order
given below :-
(a) The length of service of the applicant;
(b) the general conduct of the applicant;
(c) the permanency and nature of his duty at headquarters;
(d) the number of members of his family (wife, sons and daughters only);
Provided that no allowance shall be granted unless -
(i) the house is within a reasonable distance of the applicant’s place of duty;
(ii) a superior officer, not below the rank of sub-inspector certifies monthly that the
wife (and family, if any) of the recipient of the allowance is residing with him,
and that no official quarters are available.
Rule 3.23
3.23. Duties of Deputy Inspectors-General with regard to the examination of
house rents sanctioned in districts. - Deputy Inspectors-General, when inspecting districts,
should satisfy themselves that the allotment of quarters and the grant of house-rent
allowances has been made in strict accordance with these rules. They should report, from
time to time as married quarters for constables and head constables are constructed, to
what extent the number of house-rent allowances can be reduced in each district.
Rule 3.24
3.24. Rules regarding installation of electricity in police buildings. - (1) All proposals
for the installation of electric lights and fans in non- residential buildings shall be
submitted, accompanied by a rough plan showing where the lights and fans are to be installed
and a rough estimate of the cost involved, to the Deputy Inspector-General who