Chandigarh, Feb. 7 -- Quashing criminal prosecution initiated by Haryana anti-corruption bureau (ACB) against four Haryana Civil Service (HCS) and one Haryana Police Service (HPS) officer with regards to their appointments, the Punjab and Haryana high court has held that once the government decided to appoint them after declaring them untainted and the decision was accepted by the HC, the decision to treat them as tainted candidates is bad in the eyes of law. The four HCS officers are Jaiveer Yadav, Inderjeet, Ved Prakash, and Sanjeev Kumar. Ashok Kumar is an HPS officer.

These individuals were recommended for appointment by the Haryana Public Service Commission in 2004 during the INLD rule. However, they were not offered appointment let...