Acts and Rules of Home Guards Department

1. Short title. – These rules may be called the Rajasthan Home Guards Rules, 1962.
2. Definitions. – In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires :-
(1) “Ordinance” means the Rajasthan Home Guards Ordinance, 1962 (Ord. 2 of 1962).
COMMENTARY
Rajasthan Home Guards Ordinance, 1962 (Raj. Ord. 2 of 1962) has been repealed and
replaced by section 13(2) of Rajasthan Act No. 9 of 1963. Looking to the provisions of Section

13(3), anything done or rules made under the repealed Ordinance shall be deemed to have
been made under the repealing Act itself. Hence in these rules, wherever reference is made to the
repealed Ordinance, it should be understood as the repealing Act 9 of 1963.
(2) “Commandant” means a Commandant of Home Guards appointed under section 2;
(3) “Commandant General” means the Commandant General appointed under section 2;
(4) “Form’ means a form appended to these rules;
(5) “Home Guards” means the Home Guards constituted under section 2;
(6) “Member of Home Guards” means a member appointed under section 3;
(7) “Section” means a section of the Ordinance.
3. Appointment of member of Home Guards. – (1) No person shall be appointed as a
member of the Home Guards, unless –
(a) he has attained the age of 18 years and has not completed the age of 45 years;
(b) he has passed at least the fourth standard examination in any language;
(c) he has been medically examined in accordance with the directions of the Commandant
General and is in the opinion of the Commandant physically fit;
Provided that the Commandant General may relax the conditions regarding the age or
educational qualifications prescribed in clauses (a) and (b) above in suitable cases;
Provided further that the State Government may direct that in respect of any area the
educational qualification for appointment as a member of the Home Guards shall be such as it
deems fit.
4. Application for appointment. – A person desiring to be appointed a member of the
Home Guards shall make an application in Form A.
5. Home Guards Selection Committee.- (1) The Commandant General shall appoint a
Committee to be called the Home Guards Selection Committee for each of the areas for which the
Home Guards has been constituted under section 2.
(2) The Home Guards Selection Committee shall consist of such members as may be
nominated by the Commandant General.
(3) It shall be the duty of the Home Guards Selection Committee to advise the
Commandant in the selection of candidates for appointment as members of the Home Guards.
6. Pledge. – Every person before his appointment as a member, shall sign a pledge in
Form B before the Commandant or an officer authorised by him for the purpose.
7. Certificate.-Every person appointed as a member of the Home Guards shall receive a
certificate of appointment in Form C.
8. Term of office. – The term of office of a member of the Home Guards shall be five
years.
Provided that –
(i) if any such member is found to be medically unfit to continue as a member of
Home Guards his appointment may be terminated before the expiry of the term
of office;
(ii) a person appointed shall be eligible for reappointment;

(iii) the services of a member of the Home Guards may be terminated at any time
by the Commandant or the Commandant General, as the case may be, after
giving one month’s notice.
9. Age limit for a member of the Home Guards. – A member of the Home Guards may
continue to be such member until he attains the age of 55 years;
Provided that the Commandant General may relax the age limit in reasonable cases.
10. Conditions subject to which power of discharge may be exercised. – No member of
the Home Guards shall be discharged under sub-section (1) of section 8, unless the Commandant or
the Commandant General, as the case may be, is satisfied that such member has committed an act
detrimental to the good order, welfare or discipline of the Home Guards Organization.
11. Resignation. – A member of the Home Guards may, resign his office by an application
in writing addressed to the Commandant.
Provided that such resignation shall not take effect unless the Commandant accepts the same after
being satisfied that there are good and sufficient reasons for the same.
12. Organization. – In addition to the Commandant General and the Deputy Commandant
General, the Home Guards constituted for each area shall consist of a Commandant; a second in
Command, an Adjutant, Senior Divisional Commandants, such staff officers as the Commandant
may consider necessary, Divisional Commanders, Company Commanders, Senior Platoon
Commanders, Sergent Majors, Quarter Master Sergeants, Platoon Sergeants, Section Leaders,
Assistant Section Leaders and Sections. Three sections shall form a Platoon three Platoons a
Company and Three Companies a Division.
13. Powers of the Commandant General and Commandants. – (1) The Commandant
General shall exercise general supervision and control over the working of all Commandants in the
State and co-ordinate the work of the Home Guards all over the State. He shall be directly
responsible to the State Government for the efficient working, discipline, administration and
training of the organization.
(2) Subject to the supervision and control of the Commandant General, each Commandant
shall exercise supervision and control over the working of the Home Guards under his command.
He shall be responsible to the Commandant General and the State Government for the efficient
working, discipline, administration and training of the Home Guards under his command.
(3) Subject to the supervision and control of the Commandant General and the
Commandant, any officer of the Home Guards authorised by the Commandant in this behalf may
exercise the powers conferred by section 4 on the Commandant in such circumstances as the
Commandant may specify.
14. Discipline. – (1) A member of the Home Guards shall obey every order of his superior
officer.
(2) For the purpose of administration and discipline the members of the Home Guards shall
be under the control of their own officers :
Provided that if a contingent of Home Guards is acting in conjunction with the ordinary
police force, the senior officer of such contingent present shall be under the immediate control and subject to the directions of the senior officer of such Police Force present not below the rank of
a Sub-Inspector.
15. Uniforms accountrements, etc. – A member of the Home Guards shall, while on duty,
wear the uniform supplied to him. He may also carry a rifle or a revolver or any other weapon,
sanctioned by the State Government from time to time.
16. Training. – The members of the Home Guards shall undergo such course of training as
may be determined in writing by the Commandant General from time to time and at such places as
may be fixed by the Commandant from time to time.
17. Functions and duties. – The functions and duties of members of the Home Guards
shall ordinarily be as follows :-
(1) To help in maintaining Law and Order.
(2) To be nucleus of a civil emergency organization to help to abnormal calamities.
(3) To provide the nucleus of auxiliary, fire, rescue, communication and Ambulance
services.
(4) To operate transport, communications electricity, water and essential services, when the
normal services are not functioning.
(5) To assist in the social welfare scheme of the Government.
(6) To perform such other duties as may be assigned from time to time by the State
Government or the Commandant General.
18. Remuneration :- Officers and other members of the Home Guards shall be entitled to
receive such allowances and at such rates as the State Government may from time to time
determine.
Mess Allowance to Home Guards Personnel.-
Rates revised w.e.f. 1.9.1980.
Sub :- Grant of Mess Allowance to Home Guards Personnel.
G.S.R. 111.- The Governor has been pleased to order that the existing rates of Mess
Allowance admissible to the following category of employees of the Home Guards who are
members of mess may be revised with effect from 1.9.1980 as under irrespective of number of diets
they take in the mess :-
Mess Allowance per Month.
1. Border Home Guards Rs. 60/-
2. Urban and Rural Home Guards Rs. 52/-
2. The mess allowance at the aforesaid rate shall not be admissible during the period
of training.
3. The payment of mess allowance shall be regulated on the basis of Mess Allowance
Rules applicable to Police Personnel in the Police Department.
[Order No. F.9(13)FD(Gr.-2)77-II, dt. 30.8.1980, pub. in Raj. Gaz. Pt. IV-C(i), dt. 11-12-
1980, p. 260].
19. Compensation.- If a member of the Home Guards suffers any damage to his person or
property while under training or on duty, he shall be paid such compensation as may be determined
by the State Government, provided that such damage is not caused by his own negligence or wilful
act or omission in contravention of any of the provisions of the Act or Rules made thereunder or
orders or directions issued by his superior officer