Alerts and Updates for Haryana SAS

The Haryana State Accounts Subordinate Service (HSAS / Haryana SAS) examination is the gateway to officer-grade accounts positions in the Treasuries & Accounts, Local Audit, Irrigation and Urban Local Bodies departments of the Haryana Government. The exam is conducted by HIPACO (Haryana Institute of Public Administration, Gurugram) per Finance Department Notification G.S.R.144/Const./Art.309/2022 (13 Dec 2022).

Two parts — Part-I (5 papers, 600 marks) and Part-II (4 papers, 600 marks). Candidates must pass Part-I before sitting Part-II. Each subject requires ≥45% and each part requires ≥50% aggregate. A score of 60%+ in any subject exempts the candidate from re-appearing in it.

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The latest cycle examined was SAS-II (OB) 2025. Question papers and official solutions are now available for all four subjects:

• Advanced Accountancy
• Advanced Accountancy (Solutions)
• Budget & Treasury Rules
• Company Law & Allied Acts
• Cost Accounts (Solutions)
• Cost Accounts & Financial Management

Official 2025 datesheet, roll-number list, books-allowed list and instructions to candidates are also published on the HIPACO examination portal.

Part-I (5 papers, 600 marks)

1. Précis & Drafting — English, Hindi, administrative terminology, translation (100 marks, without books)
2. Commercial Book Keeping (Elementary) — trial balance through cost accounts (100 marks, without books)
3. Haryana Civil Services Rules 2016 — General, Pay, Revised Pay, ACP, Allowances, Leave, GPF, Pension, Conduct and Punishment & Appeal Rules (150 marks, with books/notification)
4. Audit & Financial Regulation — Govt. Accounting Rules 1990, List of Major and Minor Heads, PFR Vol. I (150 marks, with books)
5. Local Rules & Public Works Account Code — Pb. FHB-3, Haryana PWD Code, Account Code Vol. III, Haryana TA Rules 2016 (100 marks, with books)

Part-II (4 papers, 600 marks)

1. Budget & Treasury Rules — Pb. Budget Manual, Treasury Rules & STR, PFR Vol. II (150 marks, with books)
2. Company Law & Allied Acts — Companies Act 2013, Contract Act, Gratuity, Minimum Wages, EPF, Maternity Benefit, Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016 (150 marks, elementary with bare acts)
3. Advanced Accountancy — Joint Stock Company Accounts, Hire Purchase, Branch & Departmental (150 marks, without books)
4. Cost Accounts & Financial Management — Element costing, job costing, working capital, cash & fund flow (150 marks, without books)

Download the official SAS-I (OB) 2024 syllabus PDF →

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Recent SAS-II cycles

• Advanced Accountancy
• Advanced Accountancy (Solutions)
• Budget & Treasury Rules
• Company Law & Allied Acts
• Cost Accounts (Solutions)
• Cost Accounts & Financial Management
• Advanced Accountancy
• Advanced Accountancy (Solutions)
• Budget & Treasury Rules
• Company Law & Allied Acts
• Cost Accounts (Answers)
• Cost Accounts & Financial Management

SAS-I (Ordinary Branch) compilations

• Audit & Financial Regulation (2009–2014 compilation)
• Civil Services Rules (2009–2014 compilation)
• Commercial Book Keeping (2009–2014 compilation)
• Local Rules & Public Works Account Code (2009–2014)
• Précis & Drafting (2009–2014 compilation)

Solution keys are bundled inline where HIPACO has officially released them.

1. Anchor on the rules, not the textbook. Three of the five Part-I papers (CSR, Audit/Financial Regulation, Local Rules & PWD Code) are "with books" — success depends on knowing exactly which rule answers each question. Build a flagged tab system in your physical copy.

2. The "practical" 50% rule. Most Part-I and Part-II papers explicitly state that at least 50% of the questions are practical (salary bills, deductions, classification of expenditure, costing exercises). Solving past papers from this archive is more useful than re-reading theory.

3. Sequence: Part-I must be cleared before Part-II. Most candidates spend the first cycle clearing 2-3 subjects of Part-I (with the 60% subject-exemption rule) and the next cycle finishing the rest.

4. Practice quizzes. Our topic-wise practice quizzes cover both parts — the first quiz on each topic is free, the rest are 50 coins each. Open the exam page and start with whichever subject you're weakest in.