Home Guards Are Volunteers, Dependents Cannot Claim Compassionate Employment: Himachal Pradesh High Court

Two connected petitions were filed before the Himachal Pradesh High Court by the widows of deceased Home Guard volunteers. The petitioners claimed that since their husbands died during the course of duty under the Himachal Pradesh Home Guards Act, 1968, they should be entitled to a permanent government job under the Employment Assistant Scheme of the State. Their contention was based on the premise that their husbands served as government…