Chandigarh, July 18 -- Former Haryana minister Karan Singh Dalal on Thursday wrote to the chief justice of Punjab and Haryana high court requesting constitution of a special division bench to adjudicate an over two-decade old petition seeking setting aside of selection of 2002 batch Haryana Civil Service (HCS) officers. The selections were challenged on grounds of alleged illegalities and irregularities in the recruitment process.

Eight HCS officers of 2002 batch who are facing trial in a corruption case were on July 14 included provisionally in the select list for appointment to the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) by way of promotion by a selection committee headed by a Union Public Service Commission member. This, as per the centra...