10 from J&K qualify civil services exam-2015
STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU/NEW DELHI: Delhi girl Tina Dabi has topped the 2015 civil services examination, while Railway Officer Athar Aamir Ul Shafi Khan from Jammu and Kashmir
has got second rank in the results which were declared on Tuesday. Besides them, Delhi-based Jasmeet Singh Sandhu, an Indian Revenue Service officer, has
secured third position. Topping the list in her first attempt, a beaming 22-yearold Tina, who graduated from Lady Shri Ram College here, said, “It is indeed a
proud moment for me”. Jammu boy Vinay Kumar Langeh, son of Sham Lal Langeh, resident of Bahu Fort, got 477th rank, Bilawal Shafiq Choudhary, nephew of CAPD
Minister Zulfkar Choudhary from Rajouri also figures in the list. Syed Junaid Safvi, son of Dr Syed Kazim Safvi, resident of Zadibal, Dr Ruveda Salam ( IPS-IRS
), resident of Keran Kupwara rank 764 and Dr Safdar Ali resident of Leh also cracked the examination.
Besides Sheema Nabi Qasba daughter of Dr Ghulam Nabi Qasba also qualified the examination. She completed her B.A., LL.B. (Honours) from National Law
University, Jodhpur. 23-year-old Athar, who hails from Anantnag in South Kashmir, got through the test in his second attempt. In his first attempt in 2014, he
had got Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) and is presently undergoing training in Indian Railways Institute of Transport Management, Lucknow. “It is a
dream come true,” an elated Athar said, adding, “I will not leave any stone unturned to work for the betterment of people”. “I have opted for Jammu and Kashmir
cadre also. I will be happy in case I get chance to work there. I think there is a lot of scope to fulfil aspirations of people of my State,” he told PTI.
Jasmeet, whose father works in Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) here, thanked his parents and teachers for his success.
“It is all because of my family, friends and Mukul Pathak sir (who runs a coaching class) that I could secure third rank in the exam,” he said. Jasmeet was
also selected in 2014 civil services exam and had got Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Central Excise). He is undergoing training at National Academy of
Customs, Excise and Narcotics in Faridabad. This was his fourth attempt.
A total of 1,078 candidates, including 499 in general category, 314 belonging to Other Backward Class, 176 from Scheduled Caste and 89 from Scheduled Tribe,
have been recommended for appointment to various Central Government services, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) said. There are 172 other candidates
in the waiting list. The civil services examination is conducted by the UPSC annually in three stages– preliminary, mains and interview– to select candidates
for the elite Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and Indian Police Service (IPS), among others.
