P&H: Quashes HPSC’s Use of Ex-Servicemen Preference at Preliminary Stage in HCS Recruitment
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that the Haryana Public Service Commission could not apply the Ex-servicemen preference rules at the preliminary shortlisting stage of the HCS recruitment when the advertisement clearly said that such benefit would apply only at the final selection stage.
The case was filed by Ashwani Kumar, an aspirant for the HCS (Executive Branch) and Allied Services, who challenged the preliminary result dated 4 May 2026. He argued that the Commission had failed to shortlist candidates in the ratio of 12 times the advertised vacancies in the General category and had also not published...
