Haryana Moves to Fill Ex-Agniveer Quota Posts, Seeks Vacancy Count Across Departments*

Chandigarh, August 26: Haryana has begun identifying direct recruitment vacancies for Ex-Agniveers across government departments, boards, and corporations, setting the stage for implementing the horizontal reservation benefit extended to former Agniveers domiciled in the state.

Chief Secretary Sh. Anurag Rastogi has directed all Administrative Secretaries to compile the vacancy positions from the departments, boards, and corporations under their control and submit the information to the government on priority. The exercise follows the state government's instructions dated August 18, 2026, extending the benefit of horizontal reservation to Ex-Agniveers domiciled in Haryana.

According to the communication issued by the Chief Secretary, the government has now decided to ascertain the availability of vacancies under the direct recruitment quota in various departments, boards, and corporations for recruitment of Ex-Agniveers through the Haryana Public Service Commission (HPSC) and Haryana Staff Selection Commission (HSSC).The government has sought a post-wise and category-wise breakdown of vacancies, including the names of posts reserved for Ex-Agniveers, the applicable reservation percentage, and the tentative number of vacancies available to them.

Departments have been specifically asked to provide the number of vacancies earmarked for Ex-Agniveers under the UR, OSC, DSC, BC-A, BC-B, and EWS categories. The prescribed proforma also seeks the month-wise Ex-Agniveer recruitment position.

The direction covers all Administrative Secretaries, Heads of Departments, Divisional Commissioners and Deputy Commissioners, as well as Managing Directors, Chief Administrators and Chief Executive Officers of Haryana's boards and corporations