Lok Sabha Question No. 2148 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-12
Subject: Vacancies in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Smt. Rachna Banerjee

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2148 TO BE ANSWERED ON FEBRUARY 12, 2026

## VACANCIES IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

NO. 2148.   SMT. RACHNA BANERJEE:

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

- (a) the number of sanctioned posts, posts in position and vacancies in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs including the break-up of reserved posts across categories;
- (b) the number of vacancies in the Ministry and its Departments since 2014 including reserved posts, year and category-wise; and
- (c) the  number  of  contractual  employees  engaged  in  the  Ministry  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) comprises officers/officials  belonging  to  All  India  Services,  Central  Secretariat Services,  other  Organized  Services  and  General  Civil  Services.  The postings,  transfers  and  promotion  orders  issued  from  time  to  time  in respect  of  these  officers/officials  by  the  respective  Cadre  Controlling Authorities are implemented by this Ministry. At present, in this Ministry, 1063 posts are filled up against the sanctioned strength of 1329.

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 MTS 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 2148 FOR ANSWER ON 12.02.2026 BY SMT. RACHNA  BANERJEE, 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 |
| 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                | 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                |