Chandigarh, Sept. 17 -- The high court has stayed the recruitment process for 170 posts of assistant district attorneys (ADAs) in Punjab.

The bench of justice Sandeep Moudgil passed the order on a bunch of petitions by one Amiteshwar Singh Rajput and others in which they had sought quashing of the condition prescribing a mandatory requirement of two-year legal practice.

The posts were advertised by subordinate services selection board, Punjab, in April 2026. The petitioners had argued that though two-year practice at the Bar has been prescribed as an eligibility condition, the advertisement does not set out any clear objective and uniform mechanism for establishing or verifying such practice. Mere enrolment with the Bar cannot, by itsel...