Haryana SAS exam books list — and the free official PDFs
Most SAS rule books are free government downloads. The complete list paper by paper, what HIPA allows into the exam hall, and the parts it excludes.
Updated : 4 hours ago
View Complete ArticleChecked 23 September 2026. HIPA issues a books-allowed list for each cycle; a newer SAS-II list was posted on 11 December 2025. The rule books themselves are amended from time to time — use the current version from finhry.gov.in.
Where other pages get this wrong
You do not need to buy the SAS rule books. Most are free official downloads.
Commonly published instead: Searches for "Haryana SAS books PDF" mostly surface paid compilations, scanned photocopies and Telegram links.
The Haryana Civil Services Rules 2016, the Revised Pay and ACP Rules, both volumes of the Punjab Financial Rules and the Subsidiary Treasury Rules are all published free by the Haryana Finance Department. The bare Acts are free on India Code. The official copies are also the only ones guaranteed to carry the latest amendments — which matters in an open-book exam.
Four of the nine SAS papers are written with the rule books open, and Company Law is written with bare Acts. For those papers, the books are the exam. For the four papers written without books, what you need is a commerce textbook, not a rule book.
Free official downloads
- Haryana Civil Services Rules 2016 (all nine volumes)
Part I — Civil Services Rules; TA Rules for Local Rules · Finance Dept Haryana - Haryana Revised Pay Rules 2016 and Revised ACP Rules 2016
Part I — Civil Services Rules (pay fixation) · Finance Dept Haryana - Punjab Financial Rules Vol I (as applicable to Haryana)
Part I — Audit and Accounts · Finance Dept Haryana - Punjab Financial Rules Vol II (as applicable to Haryana)
Part II — Budget & Treasury Rules · Finance Dept Haryana - Subsidiary Treasury Rules (four parts)
Part II — Budget & Treasury Rules · Finance Dept Haryana - Punjab CSR Vol I-III (legacy, superseded by HCSR 2016)
Reference for older papers only · Finance Dept Haryana - Government Accounting Rules
Part I — Audit and Accounts · Controller General of Accounts (official Union source) - List of Major and Minor Heads of Account
Part I — Audit and Accounts (classification) · Controller General of Accounts (official Union source) - Bare Acts — Companies Act 2013 and the allied Acts
Part II — Company Law & Allied Acts · India Code (Union) (official Union source)
Not found as an official free download: the Punjab Budget Manual (Haryana), Account Code Vol III, the PWD Code / DFR and FHB-3. Your department’s accounts branch will have printed copies.
Which books go with which paper
| Paper | In the exam hall | What to study from |
|---|---|---|
| Précis & Drafting (Part I) | No books | Official letter formats, administrative terminology in English and Hindi |
| Commercial Book Keeping (Part I) | No books | Any standard commerce text at B.Com level |
| Civil Services Rules (Part I) | With books | Haryana Civil Services Rules 2016; Revised Pay and ACP Rules 2016 |
| Audit and Accounts (Part I) | With books | Government Accounting Rules 1990; List of Major and Minor Heads; PFR Vol I; An Introduction to Indian Government Audit & Accounts |
| Local Rules & PW Accounts (Part I) | With books | PWD Code, DFR, Account Code Vol III, FHB-3; Haryana TA Rules 2016 |
| Budget & Treasury Rules (Part II) | With books — with exclusions | Punjab Budget Manual; Treasury Rules and STR Vol I and II; PFR Vol II |
| Company Law & Allied Acts (Part II) | Bare Acts only | Companies Act 2013 and eight allied Acts |
| Advanced Accountancy (Part II) | No books | B.Com-level company, hire purchase, branch and departmental accounts |
| Cost Accounts & FM (Part II) | No books | B.Com-level cost accounting and financial management |
What HIPA allows in — and what it excludes
HIPA publishes a books-allowed list for each cycle. The 2023 SAS-II list is the most recent we could read in full, and it is more restrictive than "with books" suggests.
| Paper | Book allowed | Excluded |
|---|---|---|
| Budget & Treasury Rules | Punjab Budget Manual | Appendices B, C, D, E and K |
| Budget & Treasury Rules | Treasury Rules & Subsidiary Treasury Rules Vol I | Chapters V, VII and VIII |
| Budget & Treasury Rules | Treasury Rules & Subsidiary Treasury Rules Vol II | Everything except Appendix C |
| Budget & Treasury Rules | Punjab Financial Rules Vol II | Everything except Appendices 2 (Part I), 5, 6, 9, 14 and 18 |
| Company Law & Allied Acts | Nine bare Acts: Companies Act 2013, Contract, Gratuity, Payment of Wages, Minimum Wages, Workmen’s Compensation, EPF, Maternity Benefit 1961, RPwD 2016 | Commentaries and annotated editions |
Why the exclusions matter
- If you prepare from the full PFR Vol II, you will build your tab system around pages you cannot take into the hall. Print or carry only the permitted appendices.
- The Company Law list is bare Acts — an annotated or commentary edition is a different book.
- HIPA posted a newer "Books Allowed in SAS-II (OB) Exam" notice on 11 December 2025. Check it, and the SAS-I list, on HIPA’s examination page before your cycle.
A note on the older syllabus documents
- The Treasuries criteria document of 2020 lists seven Acts for Company Law and names the Companies Act 1956. HIPA’s 2023 list names the Companies Act 2013 and adds the Maternity Benefit Act and the RPwD Act. The HIPA list is newer.
- The Punjab CSR volumes are still hosted by the Finance Department, but the Haryana Civil Services Rules 2016 replaced them. Use them only to understand older papers.
Practise on ProSyllabus
Past SAS-I and SAS-II papers (with the official solutions HIPA released for the practical papers), plus topic-wise practice quizzes for both parts, are on the Haryana SAS exam page. The first quiz in each topic is free.
Where can I download Haryana SAS exam books as PDF?
The main rule books are free on the Haryana Finance Department website, finhry.gov.in: the Haryana Civil Services Rules 2016, the Revised Pay and ACP Rules 2016, Punjab Financial Rules Vol I and II, and the Subsidiary Treasury Rules. Bare Acts are free on India Code; the Government Accounting Rules and the List of Major and Minor Heads are on the CGA website.
Which books are allowed in the SAS exam hall?
HIPA publishes a list for each cycle. The 2023 SAS-II list allows the Punjab Budget Manual, the Treasury Rules and STR Vol I and II, and PFR Vol II for Budget — each with named parts excluded — and nine bare Acts for Company Law.
Can I take annotated books into the SAS Company Law paper?
The paper is written with bare Acts. Commentaries and annotated editions are not bare Acts; check the current HIPA list and the instructions to candidates.
Do I need to buy SAS coaching books?
For the with-books papers, no — the official rule books are free and are what you use in the hall. For Book Keeping, Advanced Accountancy and Cost Accounts, any standard B.Com-level text covers the syllabus.
Is the Punjab CSR still used for Haryana SAS?
No. The Haryana Civil Services Rules 2016 replaced the Punjab CSR from 19 July 2016. The old volumes are still hosted by the Finance Department and help with pre-2016 papers.
Where is the Punjab Budget Manual PDF for Haryana?
We could not find an official free download. Your department’s accounts branch will normally have a copy, and it is on HIPA’s books-allowed list with appendices B, C, D, E and K excluded.
Sources
- official — Finance Dept Haryana — Haryana Civil Services Rules, 2016
- official — Finance Dept Haryana — Haryana Pay and Pension Rules (Revised Pay and ACP Rules 2016)
- official — Finance Dept Haryana — Punjab Civil Services Rules & Financial (PFR Vol I & II)
- official — Finance Dept Haryana — Rules page (Subsidiary Treasury Rules)
- reported — Controller General of Accounts — published books (GAR, List of Major & Minor Heads)
- reported — India Code — official repository of central Acts
- official — HIPA — Books allowed in SAS-II (OB) 2023 examination
- official — HIPA homepage notice board (Books Allowed in SAS-II(OB) Exam, 11 Dec 2025)
- official — HIPA (hipaco.in) — Examination page: syllabus, books allowed, datesheets, roll numbers, past papers
- official — Treasuries & Accounts Dept — Criteria/Guidelines for the paper of SAS Examination Part I & II (posted Nov 2020)
official = a Haryana Government or HIPA document. reported = a news or coaching site's transcription, which we could not check against the original. Where sources disagree this page says so rather than picking a winner.
The rest of the Haryana SAS series
- HSAS syllabus — all nine papers of Part I and Part II, paper by paper
- Pass marks, exemption and result calculator — the 45 / 50 / 60 rules
- Previous year question papers — what exists, and which have official solutions
- HSAS 2026 notification — what has been issued, and how to apply
- Eligibility — who can sit SAS, and the direct-recruitment route
- Preparation strategy for working employees — with or without coaching
- SAS Related Instructions — the Treasuries circulars page, explained
- Section Officer salary, posting and promotion after SAS
- Haryana Civil Services Rules 2016 — all nine volumes, official PDFs
Every page carries a "checked on" date and stamps each source as official or reported. Spotted something out of date? These pages are rebuilt from one file, so a correction fixes it everywhere at once.
