The Haryana government has approved the promotion of 10 Sub-District Attorneys serving in the Prosecution Department to the rank of District Attorney, granting them the higher designation and pay scale with immediate effect.
The promotions have been made under the provisions of the Haryana State Legal Services (Group-A) Amendment Rules, 2025. The officers will now be placed in Level FPL-12 of the Pay Matrix, carrying a salary scale of Rs. 78,800 to Rs. 1,97,200.
The officers promoted to the District Attorney rank are Sushil Kumar, currently serving as Joint Commissioner in the Excise and Taxation Department at Ambala; Narendra Kumar and Vijendra Kumar, both posted in the District Attorney’s Office in Hisar; and Palwinder Kaur Nadda, serving in the Transport Department, Chandigarh.
The list also includes Pratap Singh, posted in the District Attorney’s Office, Ambala; Baldev Singh, District Attorney’s Office, Sonipat; Kuldeep Singh Kataria, District Attorney’s Office, Karnal; and Surendra Kumar, serving at the Haryana Police Academy, Madhuban.
The remaining two officers are Surendra Singh Khatkar, posted in the District Attorney’s Office, Jind, and Kuldeep Singh, who is currently working in the office of the Director General, Anti-Corruption Bureau, Haryana, at Panchkula.
In a separate posting order, the state government has assigned District Attorney Kuldeep Kharb to a vacant position in the office of the Haryana Agro Industries Corporation Limited at Panchkula. He has been instructed to join the new assignment within the prescribed period and submit his joining report to the concerned office, with the government being duly informed.
The promotion and posting orders were issued by Sudhir Rajpal, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department, Government of Haryana.
The latest decisions mark a personnel-level change in the state’s prosecution establishment, with the promoted officers moving to the District Attorney rank under the amended service rules.
