Let
$V_{(r,n,\tilde {m}_n,k)}^{(p)}$
and
$W_{(r,n,\tilde {m}_n,k)}^{(p)}$
be the
$p$
-spacings of generalized order statistics based on absolutely continuous distribution functions
$F$
and
$G$
, respectively. Imposing some conditions on
$F$
and
$G$
and assuming that
$m_1=\cdots =m_{n-1}$
, Hu and Zhuang (2006. Stochastic orderings between p-spacings of generalized order statistics from two samples. Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences 20: 475) established
$V_{(r,n,\tilde {m}_n,k)}^{(p)} \leq _{{\rm hr}} W_{(r,n,\tilde {m}_n,k)}^{(p)}$
for
$p=1$
and left the case
$p\geq 2$
as an open problem. In this article, we not only resolve it but also give the result for unequal
$m_i$
's. It is worth mentioning that this problem has not been proved even for ordinary order statistics so far.