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Chief Minister Amarinder Singh told reporters in Chandigarh that 3,446 appointments, made during the five-year tenure of Sidhu, would be scrutinised.
Singh said that the government had written to Punjab Governor J F R Jacob recommending the removal of Sidhu as chairman of the PPSC. The governor was expected to write to President K R Narayanan, he said.
He said the 639 posts, for which PPSC had made recommendations, would be advertised again and fresh recruitment process initiated.
"I can assure that no one would be spared...," Singh said, adding action would be taken against all those who gave bribe to secure various posts.
"Investigations are still on and already movable and immovable assets of Sidhu worth Rs 25 crore [Rs 250 million] have been detected," he said.
Singh said the 3,446 appointees included 91 officers of the Punjab Civil Service and allied services.
"I cannot make a blanket statement that all 3,446 got selected by giving money," the chief minister said.
Asked if any judge was involved in bribing Sidhu for a recommendation through the PPSC, Singh said, "I cannot name any individual or any one till [the] Punjab Vigilance Bureau gives its report."
Referring to the lengthy process defined for the removal of PPSC chairman, Singh said the Constitution had "never visualised" a situation like this.
"There is a long process, but it has to be followed," he said, adding that the six-year-term of Sidhu was due to end in September this year.
PTI
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