Chandigarh, July 9 -- The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) is unlikely to give its nod to appoint eight Haryana Civil Services (HCS) officers, currently facing trial in a corruption case, to the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) by way of promotion in view of the restrictions imposed by central rules and Supreme Court orders. Despite this, the state government is pushing for their appointment to the IAS even as the UPSC had in the past expressed reservations.

A meeting of the selection committee headed by a UPSC functionary to consider the names of 48 HCS officers, including the eight officers facing trial, for appointment to 27 posts of IAS by promotion, is scheduled for July 14 in New Delhi.

The state anti-corruption bureau ha...