The Haryana Staff Selection Commission has released Advertisement No. 06/2026, inviting applications for four Group-C posts under the Prisons Department. This is a CET Phase-II advertisement, meaning only candidates who already cleared the Common Eligibility Test under Advt. No. 01/2025 (Group-C) can apply. The advertisement was published on 22 June 2026, and the online application window is short – just six days.

Based on official notification by Haryana Staff Selection Commission. Verified: June 2026.

Eligibility at a Glance

One detail worth flagging clearly: this is not a fresh open recruitment. If you didn’t appear for or qualify the earlier CET (Advt. 01/2025), this advertisement does not apply to you regardless of your qualifications.

Important Dates

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Vacancy and Category Breakdown

The 1,238 vacancies split heavily toward the Prison Warder (Male) post, which alone accounts for 1,093 of the total. Here is the full category-wise distribution as published in Appendix-A of the notification:

Two things stand out in this breakdown. First, the General category does not hold the largest share for Prison Warder (Male) – the BCB-reserved ESM and BCB general columns combined exceed it, reflecting Haryana’s current reservation structure. Second, Scheduled Caste reservation is split into Deprived Scheduled Castes (DSC) and Other Scheduled Castes (OSC) sub-categories, a classification HSSC introduced from November 2024 onward following a Supreme Court judgment on sub-classification within SC reservation. Candidates applying under SC status must identify which of these two sub-categories they belong to – using the wrong one, or no sub-category at all, is listed as a ground for rejection.

No vacancies are reserved for persons with benchmark disabilities (PwD) under any of the four posts in this advertisement – the notification lists this figure as zero across all PwD sub-categories (visual, hearing, orthopedic, multiple disabilities).

Pay and Salary

Application Fee

There is no fee for any candidate applying against any post in this advertisement. This is stated plainly in the “Important Dates at a Glance” table at the start of the notification – a detail some candidates miss because most HSSC recruitments do carry a processing fee.

Age Limit

Note that this age relaxation is narrower than Haryana’s general age-relaxation policy – it applies specifically to DSC/OSC, BCA/BCB, and EWS candidates for these posts, as stated in the notification with reference to Government Instruction No. 22/06/2021-1GS-III dated 25.03.2022. Ex-servicemen relaxation, where applicable, follows the separate rules of the Police/Prisons Department rather than the general 3-years-plus-service-period formula used elsewhere.

Eligibility Criteria in Detail

The notification does not explicitly address final-year students, so this advertisement should be read as requiring the qualification to already be in hand. On equivalent qualifications: the notification does allow equivalent qualifications, but acceptance is only provisional at the Commission’s level – final acceptance depends on verification by the indenting department.

Physical Standards (Qualifying Only)

This is a pass/fail screening, not a scored component – it does not contribute marks toward the final merit list.

Selection Process

Written Examination

The exam is 100 multiple-choice questions for 100 marks, in a 1-hour-45-minute window, bilingual (Hindi and English), conducted offline on OMR sheets. There is no negative marking for an attempted wrong answer. However, if a candidate skips a question without marking the “not attempted” bubble, that costs a one-mark deduction – effectively making non-attempts riskier than wrong attempts.

Minimum Qualifying Marks

General category candidates need 50% to qualify; reserved category candidates (both vertical and horizontal) need 40%.

Physical Test

For these posts, the Physical Measurement Test and Physical Screening Test are qualifying stages only, used to confirm fitness rather than to rank candidates.

Your First Steps After This Advertisement Opens

1. Confirm you hold a valid CET score from Advt. 01/2025 (Group-C) before doing anything else – this advertisement is not open to fresh CET applicants.
2. Check whether your category certificate (BCA/BCB, EWS, DSC/OSC) falls within the issue-date windows specified below; if not, get it reissued before the closing date.
3. Confirm you meet the height/chest/run standards for your category – these are physical, not just paper, qualifications.
4. Gather scanned copies of all educational certificates from Matriculation onward, a recent photo, and your signature scan.
5. Apply as early in the window as possible; the portal disables itself after the closing date with no offline alternative.

Exam Syllabus

The syllabus differs by post group. Both groups carry 20% weightage for General Awareness/Reasoning/Current Affairs and 10% for Computer Knowledge, with the remaining 70% on subject-specific content (weightage marked tentative in the notification).

Group 1 – Assistant Superintendent Jail

• General Intelligence and Reasoning (analogies, classification, coding-decoding, etc.)
• General Awareness, including Indian Constitution basics and Haryana welfare schemes
• Quantitative Aptitude (10th-standard level)
• Hindi and English Language
• Economics and Governance, including Haryana economy and rural marketing
• Environmental Studies and Disaster Management

Group 2 – Prison Warder

• General Awareness and General Intelligence
• English Language
• Quantitative Aptitude
• Hindi Language (व्याकरण-based grammar topics)
• Haryana Economy and Rural Marketing
• Environmental Studies and Disaster Management

Quantitative Aptitude questions are pegged at 10th-standard level for both groups; the remaining sections are set at the level of the post’s minimum qualification (graduation for Group 1, matriculation-plus for relevant parts of Group 2).

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How to Apply

1. Visit adv062026.hryssc.com during the application window.
2. Register and fill in personal, educational, and category details.
3. Upload all mandatory scanned documents (see checklist below).
4. Select post preferences carefully – once submitted, preferences cannot be changed.
5. Review every field before final submission; no corrections are allowed after submission except during the separate correction window.
6. Submit the form and download the confirmation/printout.
7. Retain the printout, uploaded documents, and any reference number for your records.
8. Watch the official HSSC website for admit card and exam date announcements.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is there an application fee for this recruitment?

No fee is required from any candidate for any post under this advertisement. This applies uniformly across General and all reserved categories.

What is the last date to apply, and where do I apply?

The application window closes on 30.06.2026 at 11:59 PM. Applications are submitted only through adv062026.hryssc.com; the portal is disabled after the deadline and no offline applications are accepted.

How many total vacancies are there, and for which posts?

There are 1,238 vacancies across four posts: Assistant Superintendent Jail (Male) – 30, Assistant Superintendent Jail (Female) – 3, Prison Warder (Female) – 112, and Prison Warder (Male) – 1,093.

What is the minimum qualification required?

Graduation is required for Assistant Superintendent Jail, while 10+2 or equivalent is sufficient for Prison Warder. Both posts additionally require Hindi or Sanskrit as a subject in Matric or higher.

Can candidates who have not qualified CET Phase-I apply?

No. This advertisement is open only to candidates who already secured the required CET marks under Advt. No. 01/2025 (Group-C). Fresh CET registration is a separate, earlier process not covered by this notification.

Is there negative marking in the written exam?

Not for an attempted wrong answer. Under the notification’s marking scheme, leaving a question unattempted without marking the designated “not attempted” bubble results in a deduction of one mark, so candidates are advised to mark every question one way or another.

What is the age relaxation for reserved categories?

A 5-year age relaxation applies specifically to DSC/OSC, BCA/BCB, and EWS candidates for these two posts. The notification does not mention a separate EWS-specific figure beyond this combined relaxation.

What are the height and chest requirements for Prison Warder (Male)?

General category candidates need a minimum height of 170 cm and chest measurement of 83 cm unexpanded / 87 cm expanded. Reserved category candidates need 168 cm height and 81 cm / 85 cm chest measurement. These are qualifying standards, not scored criteria.

Is the SC reservation split into sub-categories for this recruitment?

Yes. Per Haryana’s 13.11.2024 instruction following a Supreme Court ruling, SC reservation in this advertisement is divided between Deprived Scheduled Castes (DSC) and Other Scheduled Castes (OSC), and candidates must specify the correct sub-category on their certificate.