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Bengaluru, Feb 18: Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister J C Madhuswamy introduced the Karnataka Civil Services (Validation of Selection and Appointment of 2011 batch Gazetted Probationers), Bill 2022, in the Legislative Assembly on Friday, February 18 for validating the recruitment of 362 gazetted ‘probationers’ of the 2011 KAS batch, Group A and B selected by the Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC).

The Bill aims at annulling the action taken by the previous government without proper approval of the State legislature.

The charges made on the candidates in the trial court have reached the logical end and no member of KPSC or candidate has been found guilty of any offence or convicted in any court of trial, the bill said.

It also said, “The decision of the High Court leads to violation of Article 14 and 16 of the Constitution".

The State High Court had annulled all appointments owing to huge irregularities in the selection process.

The candidates had been selected by the KPSC amid alleged irregularities.

The previous Siddaramaiah government conducted a CID probe into the recruitment and the CID interim report mentioned irregularities in the selection process.

But the Karnataka Administrative Tribunal gave its verdict in favour of selected candidates. The results of the examination were published on March 21, 2013.