The Punjab and Haryana High Court has instructed the Union of India and Haryana Govt.against any finalization of candidates for Indian Administrative Service (IAS) from non-HCS quota.
The direction by the Bench of Justice Rakesh Kumar Jain and Justice Ashok Kumar Verma came on a petition filed against the Union of India, the state of Haryana and other respondents by Surender Singh Dahiya, a Class I officer from the Agriculture Department of the Haryana government.
The petitioner moved the High Court, challenging the order of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), in which, the Haryana Public Service Commission ( HPSC) was asked to hold a written examination for the selection to the IAS from non-state civil services officers’ quota.
In his plea , the petitioner , Surender Singh Dahiya argued that the decision to conduct the written examination was against the All-India Service Act, 1951, and the Rules and Regulations framed there under.
