Karnal/Chandigarh, Dec. 23 -- At least 30% sanctioned posts are lying vacant in the Haryana police, parliamentary affairs minister Mahipal Dhanda stated in the House on Monday. Importantly, out of 357 sanctioned posts for HCS-rank officers in districts and other units, 70 are lying vacant. Responding to a question raised by INLD MLA Arjun Chautala, Dhanda said 84,765 posts (79,063 uniformed and 5,702 non-uniformed posts) of various ranks are there, of which, 25,631 (23,189 uniformed and 2,442 non-uniformed posts) of various ranks are vacant.

Dhanda also informed that permission to fill up 7,310 various categories of vacant posts has been granted by the state government to the police department and a process of recruitment through HSSC an...