GENERAL RULES

GENERAL RULES

1. The All India Police Duty Meet comprises competitions in the following items:

i. Scientific Aids to Investigation;

ii. Police Photography;

iii. Computer Awareness;

iv. Videography;

v. Anti Sabotage Check;

vi. Police Dog;

vii. Life Saving;

i. The All India Police Duty Meet will be held each year at such place and time as decide by the Central Coordinating Committee.

ii. The Meet will be conducted by the Director General of Police of the State within whose jurisdiction it is held.

iii. The Secretary of the All India Police Duty Meet will inform all the participating states and units about the venue of the meet.

3. Entry fee has been fixed as Rs.25/- per participant including reserve, Manager and Coaches. This fee has to be sent in lump-sum to the Organising Secretary of the All India Police Duty meet along with entry form.

4. The Director General of Police of the host State shall conduct these competitions through a Working Committee appointed by him.

5. Arrangements for boarding and lodging for competitors and team captains will be made in a camp and the team will abide by the rules of the camp. All team captains should settle their teams messing accounts before leaving the camp after the meet.

6. The Working Committee will arrange accommodation and messing for the teams participating in the Meet. It shall be empowered to take disciplinary action against any competitor who is guilty of misconduct in the camp or during the competitions, on a report from the Camp Commandant or the officer conducting the competitions. On receipt of a report from the Working Committee, the Director General of Police will report to the Central Coordinating Committee, cases of serious misconduct of any State Team or competitor for any action that the Committee may consider necessary with regard to the future participation of that team or competitor in the All India Police Duty Meet.

7. CAMP COMMANDANT:

He will be incharge of the camp where all the teams participating in the Meet will be accommodated. He will be assisted by an Assistant Camp Commandant of the rank of ADSP/DSP, 2 Inspectors, 4 SIs and as many HCs as the Working Committee may consider necessary. His duties will be:

i) to arrange adequate accommodation for the officers and men participating in the Meet and arrange for their food and conveniences. The Camp shall be laid out keeping in view the sanitation of the place as an important factor;

ii) to arrange for the reception of the teams, their transport and allotment of accommodation.

iii) to maintain discipline within the camp. He will bring to the notice of the Working Committee any serious breach of discipline on the part of any team or competitor.

iv) he will be incharge of all accounts and the money spent or received in connection with the running of the camp and the mess;

v) he will be responsible for receiving all stores viz., the tentage, furniture etc., from the Administrative Officer, and the return of the same;

vi) on completion of the meet, he will arrange for ~ the transport and dispatch of all the teams after settling all accounts with the respective team captains.

8. Administrative Officer:

He will be responsible for all administrative duties during the Meet such as:

i) providing information to the competitors regarding matches;

ii) arranging transport for the competitors from the camp to the ranges;

iii) medical help;

iv) seating arrangements for the spectators;

v) drawing and returning of stores from army and other sources;

vi) maintaining liaison with the Secretary, Central Coordinating Committee about administrative points

He will be assisted by an Asst. Administrative Officer of the rank of Add!. Supdt. of Police or Deputy Superintendent of Police, 2 Sls, 4HCs and 8 constables.

9. TEAM MANAGER:

Each team must have a designated team manager who should be a gazetted officer. He mayor may not be a competitor in any of the events. He would be responsible for maintaining discipline within his team. It is his responsibility to see that all the members of his team are at their assigned place in time. He will lodge protests, if any, on behalf of his team. He will at all time co-operate with the officials of the Meet in the interest of safety, efficiency and good sportsmanship. He should check the official bulletins on the notice board to ensure compliance to all instructions. He should also take charge of the trophies won by his team.

10. TROPHIES:

In addition to the running trophies the Central Coordinating Committee will arrange for individual medals to be awarded to the winners of the First, Second and Third positions in each event.

11. ELIGIBILITY:

Each competitor should have completed at least one" year's service in the regular police force in the rank of constable or above, on the last date of the application for entry to the All India Police Duty Meet, prescribed by the Central Coordinating Committee. Further conditions, if any, mentioned in the rules for the individual competitions should also be followed.

12. PROTESTS:

If any, should be made in writing by the Team Captain immediately after the incident in question and not later than two hours after the incident. Each protest should be accompanied by Rs.100/-. The Chief Judge should forward the protest and the fee with his report to the Jury of appeal (Constituted by the host State) whose decision shall be final. The DGP of host State will be the Chairman of the Jury of Appeal. Whenever a member of the Central Coordinating Committee is present he will be a member of the Jury of Appeal. If a protest is upheld, the protest fee shall be returned. Otherwise, the fee will be credited to the General Revenues of the All India Police Duty Meet.

13. Every effort has been made to render the rules and conditions of the competitions free from ambiguity. Should any doubt arise as to their interpretation or as to any point not apparently covered by them, application should be made for a ruling to the Secretary of the Central Coordinating Committee, who will, if necessary, lay the matter before the Committee. The ruling given will be final. Any deviation from the rules would render a team or individual liable to disqualification.

14. DISOUALIFICATION:

Any competitor who indulges in untruths

or misrepresentation or behaviour unworthy of a Police officer during the conduct of any competition or lodging or hearing of protest and appeals arising there form, may be disqualified from participation or awards in that or any other subsequent Meet by the Central Coordinating Committee. Report about an incident of this nature would be sent by the Official Referee or the Chief Judge concerned, along with his recommendation, to the Secretary, Central Coordinating Committee before the end of the Meet and ahead of the announcement of awards.

15. Results should be announced immediately after each competitions over or as soon as practicable.

16. Report on the Meet: As soon, after the conclusion of the Meet, as possible the Organizing Secretary will send, to the Secretary, Central Coordinating Committee, a detailed note about the Meet containing inter-alia information on the following points:

i) Numberl name of Statesl Units which participated in the Meet;

ii) Total number of individual participants;

iii) Brief recapitulation of the results;

iv) A note on Welfare Seminar and Exhibition;

v) Details of protest notes and their disposal;

vi) Details of expenditure incurred on the Meet;

vii) Suggestions, if any, for further improvement of the Meet;

viii) Elaborations and suggestions for simplification of the Rules;

ix) Introduction of new competitions;

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