Chandigarh, July 8 -- The Punjab government on Tuesday undertook before the high court that it would not proceed further with the selection process for the recruitment of 197 excise and taxation inspectors.

The statement was made during the hearing of a plea by one Alka and three other candidates challenging the recruitment process. They alleged there were malpractices, security lapses, database anomalies and a lack of transparency in the examination, but no effective action was taken by the respondents despite being informed. The respondents proceeded to issue counselling notices and continued with the recruitment process, the petitioners had told the court seeking quashing of the February 2 advertisement, and examination conducted on M...