(a)The rules for holding chaukidari parades are laid down in the Union Board and the Chaukidari Manuals.(b)The chaukidari parade shall be held at such an hour as to admit of chaukidars returning to their village by sunset, if possible. And in order to ensure this, chaukidars shall be compelled to be punctual. It is equally essential that the police officers shall also be punctual and should not detain chaukidars unnecessarily.(c)The officer-in-charge shall preside at the parade, and shall not delegate this duty to a subordinate officer, except for very good reasons, which shall be recorded in the general diary.(d)Every chaukidar and dafadar attending the parade shall be in uniform.(e)Parade shall be held in the police-station compound.(f)The chaukidars having assembled, their attendance shall be recorded in the attendance register (B.P. Form No. 63) by the officer holding the parade, black ink entries being made in the case of those who are present, while red ink shall be used for absentees. The names of all chaukidars absent from the muster parade, whose absence is unexplained, shall be entered in the general diary immediately after the parade. A monthly statement of the chaukidars whose absence during the month is unexplained or unsatisfactorily explained shall be submitted to the punishing authority in the first week of the following month in B.P. Form No. 64.(g)Rewards to chaukidars of panchayati unions shall be distributed by the presiding officer at a pay parade at the police-station.
