Prayagraj: Bucking the trend this time, the youth brigade has claimed top honours in the overall merit list of PCS 2019 exam, the result of which was declared by Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) on Wednesday. Among the top 10 rank holders, nine are less than 30 years of age.
Moreover, the topper Vishal Saraswat and two other candidates in top 10, are just 25 years old.
Vishal’s father Shiva Prakash is priest of a temple in Mathura while his mother Rajeshwari is a homemaker. His elder brother is working in the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Vishal had appeared in PCS 2018 interview as well, but was not successful.
Further in the merit, Kunal Gaurav of Muzaffarpur, Bihar stood at number four position and Priyanka Kumari of Kanshiram Nagar of the state stood fifth at the overall merit list. Talking of rest of the candidates, who stood among the top 10, Abhishek Kumar Singh of Ratanpura, Mau stood sixth place, Kunwar Sachin Singh of Jaunpur bagged seventh place, Neelima Yadav of South Delhi came at eight position. At number nine is Siddhartha Pathak of Pandeypur locality of Varanasi and Vikalp of North East Delhi bagged the tenth place in the overall merit list of the exam. Talking of the number of vacancies and other details of the exam, Jagdish further informed that one post each of Extension Services Officer category-2 and Labor Enforcement Officer besides two posts of district horticulture officer category-2 of Grade-1, six posts of accounts and audit officer, four posts of law officer in public works department, one post of senior sugarcane development inspector as well as two posts each