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UPSC Recommends Promotion of 18 Haryana Civil Service Officers to IAS, Grants Provisional Status to Nine

To fill a gap in the state’s IAS cadre, the UPSC has confirmed 18 promotions, with nine officers provisionally advanced pending quashing of 2002 recruitment charges by December 31.

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Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) headquarters in New Delhi | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
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Officials said that the eight HCS officers who are facing trial were included provisionally in the select list for appointment to the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) by way of promotion. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Overview

  • The UPSC’s Departmental Promotion Committee met on July 14 and approved the elevation of 18 Haryana Civil Service officers to the Indian Administrative Service.
  • Nine additional HCS officers received provisional promotions under IAS rules that bar final appointments if criminal proceedings remain pending.
  • A chargesheet filed by Haryana’s Anti-Corruption Bureau in January 2023 accused eight officers from the 2002 batch of exam irregularities in HPSC-conducted recruitments.
  • The Punjab and Haryana High Court stayed the chargesheet against Jagdeep Dhanda on July 11, but a stay does not count as exoneration under the IAS (Appointment by Promotion) Regulations.
  • If courts do not quash the pending cases by December 31, the provisional promotions of the nine officers will lapse and they will not join the IAS cadre.