Lok Sabha Question No. 2055 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-11
Subject: Vacancies in Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Kalipada Saren Kherwal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2055

## TO BE ANSWERED ON DECEMBER 11, 2025

## VACANCIES IN MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

NO. 2055.    SHRI KALIPADA SAREN KHERWAL:

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- the number of sanctioned posts, posts in position and vacancies including reserved  posts  across  categories  in  the  Ministry  of  Housing  and  Urban
- (a) Affairs;
- (b) the details and  the number  of  vacancies  in the Ministry and  its Departments,  including  reserved  posts,  since  2014,  year  and  categorywise; and
- (c) the details and the number of contractual employees hired since 2014, year and category-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI TOKHAN SAHU)

- (a) & (b): The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) is manned by  officers/officials  belonging  to  All  India,  other  Organized  and  General Civil Services etc. The postings, transfers and promotion orders issued by the  respective  Cadre  Controlling  Authorities,  from  time  to  time,  are implemented by this Ministry. At present, in this Ministry, 1068 posts are filled up, against the sanctioned strength of 1325.

As regards vacancies and hiring of employees since 2014, it is informed that occurrence and filling up of vacancies is a continuous process. The vacancies  reported  by  this  Ministry  to  the  respective  Cadre  Controlling Authorities,  are  filled  up  by  them,  in  compliance  with  the  Reservation norms/guidelines of Government of India.

However, the vacancies that arise in the cadre of Central Public Health and Environmental Engineering Organization (CPHEEO) and Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) are maintained by this Ministry as these posts are directly filled up by  MoHUA,  through  Union  Public  Service  Commission  (UPSC)  and  Staff Selection Commission (SSC), respectively.

In CPHEEO, the sanctioned strength is of 17 officers/staff against which 12 officers/staff are in position. As regards the post of MTSs in MoHUA, 64 MTSs are in position against the sanctioned strength of 81. The details of vacancies  reported  since  2014  in  CPHEEO  and  in  the  post  of  MTSs  in MoHUA, are given in Annexure-I.

(c): At present, 81 contractual MTS staff, 20 Data Entry Operators and 07 Staff  Car  Drivers  have  been  hired  by  MoHUA  through  different  service providers.

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ANNEXURE-I  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  &  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED  QUESTION NUMBER  2055  FOR  ANSWER  ON  11.12.2025  BY  SHRI  KALIPADA  SAREN  KHERWAL, HON'BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT.

## YEAR-WISE AND CATEGORY-WISE VACANCIES REPORTED/FULFILLED IN CPHEEO

| S. No.   | Vacancy Year   | Category         | Category          | Category         | Category          | Category         | Category          | Category         | Category          | Category         | Category          |
|----------|----------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
| S. No.   | Vacancy Year   | Vacancy reported | Vacancy fulfilled | Vacancy reported | Vacancy fulfilled | Vacancy reported | Vacancy fulfilled | Vacancy reported | Vacancy fulfilled | Vacancy reported | Vacancy fulfilled |
|          |                | SC               | SC                | ST               | ST                | OBC              | OBC               | UR               | UR                | EWS              | EWS               |
| 1        | 2014           | 00               | 00                | 00               | 00                | 00               | 00                | 00               | 00                | 00               | 00                |
| 2        | 2015           | 00               | 00                | 00               | 00                | 00               | 00                | 00               | 00                | 00               | 00                |
| 3        | 2016           | 00               | 00                | 00               | 00                | 00               | 00                | 00               | 00                | 00               | 00                |
| 4        | 2017           | 00               | 00                | 00               | 00                | 01               | 01                | 01               | 01                | 00               | 00                |
| 5        | 2018           | 00               | 00                | 00               | 00                | 00               | 00                | 00               | 00                | 00               | 00                |
| 6        | 2019           | 00               | 00                | 00               | 00                | 00               | 00                | 00               | 00                | 00               | 00                |
| 7        | 2020           | 00               | 00                | 00               | 00                | 00               | 00                | 00               | 00                | 00               | 00                |
| 8        | 2021           | 01               | 01                | 00               | 00                | 01               | 01                | 02               | 00                | 00               | 00                |
| 9        | 2022           | 00               | 00                | 00               | 00                | 00               | 00                | 00               | 00                | 00               | 00                |
| 10       | 2023           | 00               | 00                | 00               | 00                | 00               | 00                | 00               | 00                | 00               | 00                |
| 11       | 2024           | 00               | 00                | 00               | 00                | 01               | 00                | 01               | 01                | 00               | 00                |
| 12       | 2025           | 00               | 00                | 00               | 00                | 00               | 00                | 00               | 00                | 00               | 00                |
| TOTAL    | TOTAL          | 01               | 01                | 00               | 00                | 03               | 02                | 04               | 02                | 00               | 00                |

## YEAR-WISE AND CATEGORY-WISE VACANCIES REPORTED/FULFILLED OF MTSs IN MoHUA

| S. No.   | Vacancy Year   | Category         | Category          | Category         | Category          | Category         | Category          | Category         | Category          | Category         | Category          |
|----------|----------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
| S. No.   | Vacancy Year   | Vacancy reported | Vacancy fulfilled | Vacancy reported | Vacancy fulfilled | Vacancy reported | Vacancy fulfilled | Vacancy reported | Vacancy fulfilled | Vacancy reported | Vacancy fulfilled |
| S. No.   | Vacancy Year   | SC               | SC                | ST               | ST                | OBC              | OBC               | UR               | UR                | EWS              | EWS               |
| 1        | 2014           | 00               | 00                | 00               | 00                | 00               | 00                | 00               | 00                | 00               | 00                |
| 2        | 2015           | 00               | 00                | 00               | 00                | 00               | 00                | 00               | 00                | 00               | 00                |
| 3        | 2016           | 00               | 00                | 04               | 02                | 15               | 13                | 19               | 18                | 00               | 00                |
| 4        | 2017           | 00               | 00                | 00               | 00                | 00               | 00                | 00               | 00                | 00               | 00                |
| 5        | 2018           | 00               | 00                | 00               | 00                | 00               | 00                | 00               | 00                | 00               | 00                |
| 6        | 2019           | 00               | 00                | 02               | 01                | 08               | 04                | 02               | 02                | 03               | 01                |
| 7        | 2020           | 03               | 01                | 01               | 01                | 06               | 03                | 08               | 04                | 03               | 01                |
| 8        | 2021           | 04               | 02                | 01               | 01                | 07               | 03                | 09               | 08                | 03               | 02                |
| 9        | 2022           | 05               | 00                | 01               | 00                | 08               | 00                | 11               | 00                | 03               | 00                |
| 10       | 2023           | 05               | 03                | 01               | 01                | 08               | 07                | 06               | 03                | 06               | 05                |
| 11       | 2024           | 04               | 00                | 00               | 00                | 01               | 00                | 05               | 00                | 02               | 00                |
| 12       | 2025           | 04               | 00                | 01               | 00                | 04               | 00                | 06               | 00                | 02               | 00                |
| TOTAL    | TOTAL          | 25               | 06                | 11               | 06                | 57               | 30                | 66               | 35                | 22               | 09                |