Shimla, March 13 -- The Himachal Pradesh high court has set the next date of hearing on April 2 for a petition challenging the appointment of chief parliamentary secretaries. The case was heard before the division bench of justice Vivek Singh Thakur and justice B C Negi on Tuesday.

Bharatiya Janata Party's 12 BJP MLAs, including former leader Satpal Satti, four-time legislator from Una, had challenged the appointment of CPS. In the petition, the appointment of CPS Sanjay Awasthi from Arki assembly constituency, Sundar Singh from Kullu, Ram Kumar from Doon, Mohan Lal Brakta from Rohru, Ashish Butail from Palampur and Kishori Lal from Baijnath was challenged.

The Opposition BJP, while challenging the appointment of the six chief parliamen...