CITIZENS CHARTER

The Directorate General of Home Guards and Civil Defence is

an integral part of the Home Department of Government of NCT of Delhi.
The Directorate is headed by a senior IPS officer with the designation of
Director General of Home Guards and Director Civil Defence. He is
assisted by another senior IPS officer with the designation of Deputy
Commandant General of Home Guards and Deputy Director of Civil
Defence and some other intermediate senior officers. The office of the
Directorate is located at Nishkam Sewa Bhawan, CTI Complex, Raja
Garden, Delhi. The Central Training Institute (CTI) for imparting training
to Home Guards & Civil Defence volunteers is also functioning in the
same premises.

BRIEF HISTORY OF DELHI HOME GUARDS

The Delhi Home Guards was raised in 1959 under the Bombay
Home Guards Act of 1947 as extended to Delhi to create an auxiliary
force to assist the police in maintenance of law & order and smooth flow
of traffic. These volunteers also assist the community in emergencies like
air-raid, fire, flood, epidemic and in promoting communal harmony. They
also assist the local administration in protecting vital installations.
Initially, the number of enrolled Home Guard volunteers was small but
gradually the authorized strength has risen to 10,285.

ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE OF DELHI HOME GUARDS

The overall administration of the organization is under a Director
General, assisted by a Deputy Director General, a Commandant and
other intermediary supervisory officers such as Junior Staff Officers,
District Staff Officers and instructors.

Home Guard volunteers are generally assigned to a district or

traffic circle, where they perform their duties under the operational
control of the local police. Also, they are deputed for the security of vital
installations, government offices, etc.
It is a uniformed service and volunteers are expected to observe
strict discipline as other uniformed force personnel do.

They are

recruited for tenure of three years. Since this is a volunteer service, they
are paid nominal daily allowance. They are permitted to have other
employments also.
Before being deployed on duty, these volunteers are given training
of around 35 days at Central Training Institute, Raja Garden, Delhi.
ROLE & FUNCTIONS OF HOME GUARD VOLUNTEERS
Home guard volunteers are attached to a district under a District
Staff Officer (DSO) and are further supervised by a

Company

Commander at the Sub-Division level. While deployed with the local

police, they do patrolling, picket duty, escorting of arrested persons and
any other duty connected with maintenance of law and order.
While detailed with the Traffic Police, they assist the traffic police
in maintaining smooth flow of traffic, manning road crossings, helping
children, the aged and the disabled to cross roads etc. At this level, they
directly interact with the citizens of Delhi.

ENROLMENT OF HOME GUARD VOLUNTEERS

1)

RECRUITMENT ELIGIBILITY CRITERION:For recruitment in Home Guards a candidate should be physically

fit, mentally alert and should fulfill the following eligibility criteria :-

a.

Age

20-47 Years (Male & Female)

b.

Educational Qualification

10th Pass (Minimum)

c.

Minimum Height

165 (55) cm for males, and

150 (411) cm for Females,

d.

Candidates should be residents of Delhi.

e.

Qualifying Race

1 K.M. in 5 Min 30 Sec (Male)

800 Mtrs. In 5 Min 30 Sec Females)

f.
2)

Written Paper (Objective Type) -

Qualifying

PROCESSING OF APPLICATION FORM:As per the existing norms advertisements for filling up vacancies in

respect of Home Guards is published in Hindi & English newspapers

periodically.
For further details or any information on Delhi Home Guards or for
any suggestion; please contact on following telephone numbers or log on
to: http://delhihomeguards.nic.in

NAME
OF Mobile No.
OFFICIAL(S)

Resi.
NO.

Tel. RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS

Directorate General Home Guards / Director Civil Defence

Sh. B. K. Gupta, 9810716144 28520001
D-1/77, Satya Marg, Chankya
IPS
Puri, New Delhi-21

Additional Directorate General Home Guards / Additional Director Civil Defence

Sh. A. S. Khan, IPS 9958897881 20910887
C-II/110, Moti Bagh, New Delhi21
Joint Directorate General Home Guards / Joint Director Civil Defence
Deputy Director Civil Defence (Medical)
Sh. R. K. Pandey, 9958883704
House No. B-290, B-Block, Hari
MBBS
Nagar, New Delhi-64
Commandant Home Guard
Sh. R. N. Meena
9958897885 20910885
Room No.5, G. O`s Mess, New
Police Line, Kingsway Camp,
Delhi
Senior Staff Officer Civil Defence
Sh. D. S. Rawat
9958897884
C-727, Sudarshan Park, Moti
Nagar, New Delhi-15
Junior Staff Officer Civil Defence
Sh. Sikandar Lal
9899091108 20910886
108, Suraksha Enclave, Parwana
Road, Pitam Pura, New Delhi
Junior Staff Officer Home Guards
Sh. S. K. Shokeen
9868777300 25072084
Flat No. 32, Plot 31, Sec-4,
Kalyani Apartment, Dwarka, New
Delhi-45
Junior Staff Officer Central Training Institute
Sh. Rahul Sudan
9013270901 22323803
1580/G-1, Flat No. 4, 1st Floor Raj
Block, Naveen Shahdara, Delhi-32
Office superintendent
Sh. Diman Singh
9958273024
41B/71B, Krishna Apartment,
Paschim Vihar,New Delhi 63
Assistant Accounts Officer
Sh D. R. Ahluwalia 9818944009 27564057
C-58,Prem kutir Apartment,
Sec.9,Rohini, New Delhi 85
Technical Assistant
Sh. Suresh Malik
9868371609 09467216692 H.No 1633, Sec -6, Bahadurgarh
,Distt.Jhajjar , Haryana
District Staff Officer (Head Quarter)
Sh. M. S. Singhal
9868854734
Flat No.741, Sec-13,PocketB,Metro View Apartment,
Dwarka, New Delhi
Store Superintendent
Sh. M. S. Rana
9211326182
D-I, 78A Lajpat Nagar, Sec-4,
Gaziabad, U. P.
District Staff Officer
(Recruitment Cell)
Sh. Yogesh Kakkar 9911004104
WZ-167, Gali No-5, Virender

Nagar, Jail Road, New Delhi-58.

Incharge Communication/ Foreman (Head Quarter)
Sh. Sunil Kumar
9212000818
D-7, Type III, C. T. I. Govt.
Quarter, Raja Garden , New Delhi
District Staff Officer / Senior Instructor/ Inspecting Officer
Sh. S K Tanwar,
RZ-346, Gali No 2, Main Sagar Pur
I.O.
New Delhi-46
Sh. Rakam Singh,
9871459360
B-147, Mata Wali Gali Johri
Sr. Inst.
Pur,Delhi-94.
Sh. A K Verma,
9811893217
C-6, CTI Complex, Raja Garden New
I.O.
Delhi-27
Instructor/ Junior District Staff Officer/ Junior Instructor (Home Guard)
Sh. S. K. Saxena,
9210810808
577,Type-Z,Timar Pur,Delhi
ICD
Sh. Amar Nath Pal, 9213707755
A/17 Shiv Ram Park Nangloi New
ICD
Delhi-41.
Sh. Brij Mohan,
9278939207
G-2/46 Gali No-6 Sai Enclave Mohan
ICD
Garden New Delhi-59.
Sh. Sahdev Sharma, 9213453113
B-4/3 Shanti Nagar,Shiv Vihar DelhiICD
94.
Sh. Krishan Murari 9899988030
25035544 C-20,Vinod Puri,Palam, New DelhiDixit, ICD
45.
Smt. Rajni Shonik, 9868151808
D-63, Airliner CGHS Ltd, Sec-10,Plot
ICD
No-27,Dwarka,New Delhi-75.
Sh. Hem Dutt
9911008669
A 31/129,Mata Mandir Marg Gali NoDixit, ICD
5,Mauj Pur Delhi-53
Sh. Khazan Singh,
9211536628
H.N. 590 Gali No-4 Kardam
ICD
Puri,Shahadra,Delhi-94.
Sh. KaramChand
9868899072
TA-57 Om Vihar,Uttam Nagar,New
Sharma,ICD
Delhi-59.
Sh.Dina Nath
9868209754
941-Gulabi Bagh (Delhi
Yadav, ICD
Administation Flats),Delhi-07.
Sh.Bir Singh, ICD
9211358678
H.N.222 Dhir Pur Delhi-09.
Sh.C P Saini, JDSO 9810222846 25160566 A-10, CTI Flats, Raja Garden,New
Delhi-27.
Sh. Jal Singh, ICD
9891063160
B-4, CTI Complex Raja Garden New
Delhi-27
Ms. Trishna
9868151802
Mamta Villa C-213,214 Navin Place,
Chattopadhayey
Bangali Colony, Najaf Garh New
Delhi-72
Sh. Kiran Pal
C-6, CTI Complex Raja Garden New
Singh, ICD
Delhi-27
Sh.Ashok Tanwar,
9312903094
B-3, Type-3, CTI Complex Raja

ICD
Mohd.Farooq, ICD
Sh. Amit Kumar,
ICD
Sh. Rajan Luthra,
ICD
Sh. Manoj Kumar,
ICD
Sh.Arjun Singh,
JI(HG)

Sh. Parmeshwar
Bangari, JI
Sh. Ajay Kumar
Singh, JI
Sh.Puran Singh, JI

9873961786
9871446567
-

9250715225

9971616053

Garden New Delhi-27

R-25, Raghubir Nagar, New Delhi-27.
G-1/268,Uttam Nagar New Delhi -59
H.No.597 Gali No.5 Ramesh Tyagi
Colony Jharoda Village Burari Road
Delhi-84
H.No.179 Main Bus Stand Khera
Kalan Delhi-82
C-22 CTI Flats, Raja Garden,New
Delhi-27.

Junior Instructor (Havaldar)

9868151804
127-B, AD-Block, Pitam Pura, Delhi88.
9868141976
B-11, CTI Complex, Raja Garden,
New Delhi-27.
9968230781
B-15, CTI Complex, Raja Garden,
New Delhi-27.

BRIEF HISTORY OF DELHI CIVIL DEFENCE

Delhi Civil Defence was created under the Civil Defence Act of
1968 with the aim and objective of creating a corpus of volunteers to
work in tandem with other government agencies in disaster management,
external aggression and natural as well as man-made disasters, They
create awareness amongst common people about disaster hazards so
that the community is in a state of preparedness to cope up with
disasters. The civil defence corps has done exemplary works during the
1971 war and also during other natural calamities or disasters in Delhi.

ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF CIVIL DEFENCE

The overall administration of Civil Defence in Delhi is under a Director, assisted
by a Deputy Director, Senior Staff Officer Civil Defence (Controller Headquarter), Dy.
Director (Medical), Junior Staff Officer (Civil Defence) and other subordinate staffs. The
offices of these senior officers are at Nishkam Sewa Bhawan, CTI Complex, Raja
Garden, Delhi. Civil Defence is a people oriented service and Civil Defence wardens (the
lowest functionary) come in close contact with citizens and as well as personnel of other
government agencies.
As far as the Operational role is concerned, the Delhi Civil Defence functions
under a Controller, who is the Join Commissioner of Police (New Delhi Range) having
his office at Police Headquarters, MSO Building, I.P. Estate, Delhi. The Controller is
assisted by 11 Group Controllers (District Deputy Commissioner of Police), 52 Zonal
Controllers (Sub-Divisional Assistant Commissioner of Police) and Instructors of Civil
Defence who are paid staff. Volunteers in a district are organized in a hierarchy of Chief
Warden, Addl. Chief Warden, Dy. Chief Warden (Zonal), Divisional Warden, Dy.
Divisional Warden, Post Warden, Sector Warden etc. The numbers of Civil Defence
volunteers as on date is 69560.
In a district, the Chief Warden is the senior most volunteer who is assists by Addl.
CW, Dy. CW (Zonal) and others wardens. A district is divided into Divisions (roughly
covering one lakh population) which are supervised by a Divisional Warden. In addition,
there are 14 depots located at various parts of Delhi from where necessary equipments are
issued to Civil Defence parties as per their requirements.

Hierarchy in Civil Defence

CHIEF WARDEN

ADDITIONAL CHIEF WARDEN

ADDITIONAL CHIEF WARDEN (LADY)

DY. CHIEF WARDEN (HQ)

DY. CHIEF WARDEN (ZONAL) ( 1 Per Zone )

DIVISIONAL WARDEN ( 1 Each Division of 1 lakhs Population )

DY. DIVISIONAL WARDEN ( 2 Per Division )

POST WARDEN ( 1 Per Post of 10000 Population )

DY. POST WARDEN ( 1 Per Post Warden )

SECTOR WARDEN ( 10 S.W @ 2 Per Sector of 2000 Population )

MEMBER HOUSE FIRE PARTY ( 1 Team of 4 members Per Sector Warden )

ROLE & FUNCTION OF CIVIL DEFENCE

Unlike home guard volunteers, Civil Defence volunteers are not required to wear
any uniform. Nevertheless, strict discipline is always maintained in their rank and file. As
stated above, it is a volunteer service and for duties performed by them, they are paid
nominal daily allowance. Any citizen, whether serving or not serving in any Govt. /nonGovt. office, who wishers to serve the community can be enrolled as a Civil Defence
volunteers. He is given a week long training and put on the job. Once on the roll of Civil
Defence, he is attached to districts or police stations where the local Civil Defence offices
exist.
The Civil Defence Organization is a second line of Defence and a social /welfare
service agency, which during wartime and disasters provides succour to the community.
In wartime services like air-raid warning, black out, rescue, firefighting, first-aid,
relief work, etc. are taken up by the Civil Defence corps. In peacetime, during disasters,

calamities etc. the Civil Defence volunteers provide rescue services. It also participating
in mock drills exercises and organizes Civil Defence Exercises-cum-Demonstrations in
various localities to educate and motivate the members of public. Blood-donation camps
are also organized from time -to- time.

ENROLMENT OF CIVIL DEFENCE VOLUNTEERS

1.

Eligibility criterion :a)

b)
c)
d)

2.

He/She should be a citizen of India and resident of Delhi.

He/She should have completed 18 years of age (relaxable to 15 in special
cases).
He/She should have passed Primary standard.
He/She should be physically fit and mentally alert.

Processing of application form: Sl.

No.
1.
2.
3.

Type Application /
information to be Processed
Receipt of application &
scrutiny for enrolment in
Civil Defence
Police Verification
Enrolment in Civil Defence

4.

Civil Defence Training

5.

Issue of CD Basic Trg.

Certificate
Issues of CD Identity Card

6.

Levels/Hierarchy involved
In-charge Civil Defence
District office
ACP/Zonal Controller
In-charge Civil Defence
District office
In-charge Civil Defence
District office
In-charge Civil Defence
District office
ZC/JSO (CD)

Optimum Time frame

required at each level
2 days
14 days
2 days
As per Schedule
On the day of completion
of Basic Trg.
7 days.

For further details or any information on Delhi Civil Defence or for sending any
suggestion; please contact on following telephone numbers or log on http://
www.delhihomeguards.nic.in

S.
No
1.

Name
of Distt.
South

2.

SouthWest

3.

SouthEast

4.

North

5.

NorthWest

6.

7.

NorthEast
East
Distt.

8.

West
Distt.

9.

Central
Distt.

10.

New
Delhi

11.

Outer
Distt.

Location of Distt./
Zonal Offices
PS Defence Colony
PP Nanak Pura
PS Hauz Khas
PS Dwarka Sec-23
Delhi Cantt.
PS Najafgarh
PS Lajpat Nagar

Name of Paid Staff

Sh. Amar Nath Pal, ICD
Sh. Brij Mohan, JI(HG)

Location of CD Depot
PS Defence Colony
PP Nanak Pura
GSSS Sarojini Nagar

Smt. Rajni Shonik, ICD

Office Tel.
No.
26258100
26883490
26562287
28052920

Mobile No.
of Paid Staff
9213707755
9278939207

25692092

9871284501
9818563311
9312902016

9868151808

Sh. Raja Ram Pal, ICD

Model School Lajpat

Nagar

29844706

PS Civil Lines
PS Kotwali
PS Subzi Mandi
PS Sadar Bazar

Sh. S.K. Saxena, ICD

GSSS Shakti Nagar

GSSS Qutab Road

23815787
23278755
23823296
23610881

9210810808

PS Model Town
PS Ashok Vihar
PS Shalimar Bagh
PS Saraswati Vihar
PS Shahdara

Sh. Dina Nath Yadav, ICD

27231952
27481140
27496818

9868209754

PS Ashok Vihar

Sh. Sahdev Sharma, ICD

Sh. Chhote Lal, JI(Hav.)

PS Shahdara

22324340
22324340

GSK Gandhi Nagar

22431187

GSK Gandhi Nagar

Sh. Pawan Kumar, JI(Hav.)

Sh. Hem Dutt Dixit, ICD

PS Shakar Pur

Sh. M.C. Sharma, ICD

PS Mayur Vihar
PS Moti Nagar
PS Kirti Nagar
PS Janak Puri
PS Punjabi Bagh
PS Kamla Market

Sh. Om Prakash, J.I. (Hav.)

Sh. Bir Singh, ICD

GSSS Moti Nagar

Sh. Khazan Singh, ICD

PS Kamla Mkt.

Sindhi School
Rajender Nagar
PS Paharganj
TTI Daryaganj
PS Tuglak Road
Parliament Street
Pitam Pura Police
Line, IIIrd floor
PS Sultan Puri
PS Ali Pur

9250838420
9213453113

9911008669
9278962338

25156590
25924810
25593206
25223168
23222256

9011358678

9211536628

28745230

Sh. K.C. Sharma, ICD

Sh. K.M. Dixit, ICD

DAV School Paharganj

23516581

TTI Darya Ganj

PS Tuglak Road

23252588
23014614
23351754
27014125
25485859
27206799

9868899072
9899988030

CENTRAL TRAINING INSTITUTE

The Central Training Institute provides basic training to home
guards and conducts advance training courses for home guards & civil
defence volunteers and paid staff.
(I)

The following courses are conducted by Central Training Institute

on regular basis
(i) Basic Training for Home Guards for 35 working days.

(II)

This Department provides advance training to Civil Defence &

Home Guard volunteers and paid staff covering the basic
knowledge of Fire Fighting, First Aid & Rescue and other related
activities during a calamity/disaster. The details of courses are
given below:Courses:1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.

Disaster Preparedness Course

Flood Disaster Preparedness Course
Earthquake Disaster Preparedness Course
Warden Service Course
Training For Security Guards
Self Defence Course
NBC Disaster Preparedness Course
Community Oriented Policing Service (COPS)
Search & Rescue Course
Fire-Fighting Course
Communication Course
Traffic Management
Junior Leadership
Basic Leadership
Advance Leadership
Spoken English Course
Basic telecommunication Course
Part Time Instructor Course
Basic Computer Course
Training For Drivers
Republic Day Camp
Raising Day Camp

23. Basic Civil Defence Training Course

24. Independence Day Camp
25. BASIC HOME GUARDS ---------------------------I
BASIC HOME GUARDS----------------------------II
26. 5 th BASIC PIPE BAND TRAINING (6MONTH)
27. 5 th BASIC BRASS BAND TRAINING
28. 1 st REFESHER TRAINING ON PIPE BAND
29. 1 st REFESHER TRAINING ON BRASS BAND
30. Civil Defence Disaster Mgt. Trg(Ncc)
31. NDMC Training
32. 1 st ENLISH SPEAKING (PAID STAFF)

NOMINATION FOR OUT STATION COURSES

Civil Defence & Home Guards volunteers and paid staff are
nominated to attend various advance courses conducted at NCDC
Nagpur and CTI Bangalore.
For further details or any information on Delhi Civil Defence or for
sending any suggestion; please contact on above mentioned telephone
numbers or log on to: http://delhihomeguards.nic.in

PROVISION OF BAND ON PAYMENT

This directorate has its own Band unit (both brass and pipe) . Any
member of public desirous of utilizing Home Guards Band on any
occasion can do so on payment. He/she may approach the office of
Commandant Home Guards, Delhi. The band will be provided subject to
availability on the scheduled date.

DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF HOME GUARDS

AND CIVIL DEFENCE

Mission Statement

The mission of the Directorate lies in the

essence of Nishkam Sewa volunteer or selfless
service to the community. Home guard volunteers,
as an auxiliary force, provide succour to the police
in maintenance of law & order and smooth flow of
traffic, while civil defence volunteers work in
tandem with the government agencies and citizens
in disaster management during external aggression
and natural as well as man-made disasters or

calamities.

It

educate

and

create

awareness

amongst common men about disaster hazards so

that the community is in a state of preparedness to
cope up with disasters and thereby creates corpus
of men and women capable of providing first-aid
and other relief to victims.

4. List of DGs with their working periods are i.e.

S.No.

NAME of DGs

FROM

TO

1.

Major General GURBAKSH

SINGH
Sh. B.B.MISHRA, IP
Sh. B.B.BANNERJEE, IP
Major General K.BHAGWATI
SINGH
Major General S.K.KORLA
Major General R.L.CHOPRA
Major General H.K.BAKSHI
Sh. M.L.BHANOT, IPS
Sh. I.J.VERMA, IPS
Sh. N.K.SHINGAL, IPS
Sh. H.C.JATAV, IPS
Sh. A.K.SINGH, IPS
Sh. PARKASH SIN, IPS
Sh.Y.R.DHURIA, IPS
Sh.T.R.KAKKAR, IPS
Sh.A.K.SINGH, IPS
Sh.KULBIR SINGH, IPS
Sh.S.RAMAKRISHNA, IPS
Sh.S.K.KAIN, IPS
Sh.R.SUNDARA RAJ, IPS
Dr. KIRAN BEDI, IPS
Sh.NEERAJ KUMAR, IPS

1964

1966

1966
1967
12/09/1967

1967
1967
22/02/1972

09/06/1972
01/04/1976
26/04/1978
29/11/1982
01/10/1984
17/06/1987
31/05/1988
29/06/1992
03/08/1993
05/05/1994
23/12/1996
01/04/1997
04/07/2000
30/11/2001
21/04/2004
24/05/2005
10/10/2005
09/10/2006

29/02/1976
29/11/1977
31/01/1982
31/03/1984
31/03/1987
31/05/1988
31/03/1992
03/08/1993
31/12/1993
10/05/1996
31/03/1997
24/06/2000
29/11/2001
31/05/2004
05/05/2005
30/09/2005
31/07/2006
31/07/2007

2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.

23.
24.

Sh.U.K.KATNA, IPS
Sh. B.K.GUPTA, IPS

01/08/2007
09/02/2009

31/12/2008
Till date

Office Supdt./AAO
I/C Computerisation
U.No.F.Estt. 3(1)/96/CDHG/Pt.-II/

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