Meghalaya Home Guards Recruitment 2026 Notification Out - Apply Offline for 558 Posts

Applications received by hand or post after the last date will not be considered under any circumstances. Incomplete applications, or applications not accompanied by the required certificates or testimonials, will be rejected, and no correspondence in this regard will be entertained.

State Reservation Policy/Roster will not be applicable to this enrolment, since the deployment is purely voluntary.

The applicant must be a trained Home Guards Volunteer. The applicant must be an Indian citizen. The applicant must be domiciled in the State of Meghalaya.

The upper age limit of applicants should not exceed 50 years as on 1st September 2026 .

Volunteers will be deployed under 'Wages', Highly Skilled Category, at the rate prescribed by the Department of Labour, Employment & Skill Development, Govt. of Meghalaya, from time to time, including the Risk Allowance prescribed by the State Government, paid as monthly Honoraria. The deployment period is for 1 (one) year, which may be extended based on the volunteer's performance in the assigned task. The deployment is purely temporary and voluntary; no volunteer can claim regularization or permanent retention. Deployed volunteers can be dismissed or terminated at any time without assigning any reason. Selected/successful volunteers must serve anywhere in the remote border areas of Khasi, Jaintia & Garo Hills bordering Bangladesh. Specific wage/honorarium figures are not stated in this notice and are determined by the Department of Labour, Employment & Skill Development, Govt. of Megha

The application, filed in the Standard Form, must be submitted along with attested copies of the following certificates/documents: 2 (two) copies of a recent passport-size photograph, one of which is to be pasted on the Standard Form Educational Qualification Certificate Birth Certificate or Age Certificate as per school records EPIC (Electors Photo Identity Card) of Meghalaya Home Guards Basic Training Certificate Medical Fitness Certificate from any Authorized Government Medical Practitioner/Institution Completed applications, accompanied by self-attested copies of certificates and testimonials, should be submitted to the respective District Home Guards Office, Officers Commanding District Training Centre, or Civil Defence Office from where the applicant is being deployed with various Requisitioning Agencies.

The Personal Interview of eligible Home Guards Volunteers will be conducted at Tura and Shillong centres. No separate intimation regarding interviews will be sent. It is the responsibility of candidates/volunteers to check the selected list and appear for the interview on the dates notified on the Departmental Notice Boards and the official website (www.meghomeguards.gov.in). Volunteers should carry valid ID cards for identification and present original documents to the Board during the Personal Interview.

The Department shall not be responsible for any damage or injury to volunteers during the enrolment process. Volunteers should come duly prepared to stay for 2/3 days under their own arrangements; no TA/DA will be admissible for the journey or stay. Canvassing, directly or indirectly, will lead to disqualification of the candidate/volunteer; any volunteer found offering a bribe to anyone involved in the enrolment process, or to a person in authority, shall be disqualified and/or prosecuted. The Department reserves the right to cancel the enrolment process wholly or partially, without assigning any reasons. State Reservation Policy/Roster will not be applicable to this enrolment, as the deployment is purely voluntary.