**Executive Summary**
This document contains the response from the Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2055, regarding vacancies in the Ministry, specifically to be answered on December 11, 2025. The question pertains to the number of sanctioned posts, posts in position, vacancies (including reserved posts since 2014, year and category-wise), and the number of contractual employees hired since 2014, year and category-wise. Vacancy fulfillment is an ongoing process and figures on vacancies reported/filled in CPHEEO and MoHUA MTSs are included in the Annexure.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Staffing Overview:**
* MoHUA is staffed by officers/officials from All India Services, Organized Services, and General Civil Services.
* Postings, transfers, and promotions are managed by respective Cadre Controlling Authorities.
* 1068 posts are filled in MoHUA against a sanctioned strength of 1325.
* **Vacancy Filling Process:**
* Filling of vacancies is a continuous process.
* Vacancies are reported to the Cadre Controlling Authorities and filled per Government of India reservation norms/guidelines.
* **CPHEEO & MTS Vacancies:**
* MoHUA directly manages vacancies in the Central Public Health and Environmental Engineering Organization (CPHEEO) and Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) cadres through UPSC and SSC.
* In CPHEEO, 12 officers/staff are in position against a sanctioned strength of 17.
* In MoHUA MTS cadre, 64 MTSs are in position against a sanctioned strength of 81.
* **Contractual Employees:**
* Currently, MoHUA has hired 81 contractual MTS staff, 20 Data Entry Operators, and 7 Staff Car Drivers through service providers.
* **Annexure-I Details**
* Year-wise and category-wise vacancies reported/fulfilled in CPHEEO
* Year-wise and category-wise vacancies reported/fulfilled of MTSs in MoHUA
**Impact Analysis**
**Stakeholder: Cadre Controlling Authorities**
* **Impact:** Responsible for managing and filling vacancies reported by MoHUA.
* **Action Required:** Ensure vacancies are filled in compliance with Government of India reservation norms/guidelines.
**Stakeholder: Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) and Staff Selection Commission (SSC)**
* **Impact:** Responsible for filling vacancies in CPHEEO and MTS cadres in MoHUA.
* **Action Required:** Conduct recruitment processes to fill vacancies as requested by MoHUA.
**Stakeholder: Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA)**
* **Impact:** Responsible for the day-to-day operations of the ministry, which is dependent on vacancy fulfillment.
* **Action Required:** Continue reporting vacancies to Cadre Controlling Authorities and the UPSC/SSC and manage the engagement of contractual staff as required.
Key Entities Referenced
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA): The central ministry responsible for addressing vacancies and related matters as stated in the document.
Lok Sabha: The lower house of the Indian Parliament, where the unstarred question was raised.
Central Public Health and Environmental Engineering Organization (CPHEEO): An organization under MoHUA where vacancies are reported and filled as described in the document.
Union Public Service Commission (UPSC): One of the agencies involved in filling vacancies for MoHUA.
Staff Selection Commission (SSC): One of the agencies involved in filling vacancies for MoHUA.
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:
(a) the number of sanctioned posts, posts in position and vacancies including
reserved posts across categories in the Ministry of Housing and Urban
Affairs;
(b) the details and the number of vacancies in the Ministry and its
Departments, including reserved posts, since 2014, year and category-
wise; 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.
…2/--2-
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.
*****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. Vacancy Category
No. Year
Vacancy Vacancy Vacancy Vacancy Vacancy Vacancy Vacancy Vacancy Vacancy Vacancy
reported fulfilled reported fulfilled reported fulfilled reported fulfilled reported fulfilled
SC ST OBC UR 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 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 Category
Year
Vacancy Vacancy Vacancy Vacancy Vacancy Vacancy Vacancy Vacancy Vacancy Vacancy
reported fulfilled reported fulfilled reported fulfilled reported fulfilled reported fulfilled
SC ST OBC UR 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 25 06 11 06 57 30 66 35 22 09