Chandigarh, March 21 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has imposed a cost of Rs.1.5 lakh on Haryana Public Service Commission (HPSC) for wrongly rejecting candidature of a woman for HCS (judicial branch)- 2023-24.

The plea was from one Divya Kalia, who had qualified in the written exam but before her interview, she was communicated that her candidature is rejected for submitting her SC certificate without registration number and the date. It was also claimed that domicile certificate was also not submitted.

This was communicated to her by HPSC in September 2024 and it was upon HC intervention, she was called for interview.

"The present case is an unsoothing illustration of how litigations are pursued on behalf of the state in a tota...