Arunachal wants IPS eligibility condition on height amended
The Hindu
A doctor, ranked 644th in civil services examination, declared unfit as he fell short by 2.5 cm.
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu has asked the Centre to amend a service condition that requires an eligible candidate to be of a certain height to become an IPS officer. He wrote to Union Minister for Personnel, Grievances, DoNER and Pension Jitendra Singh seeking the amendment after the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) dismissed a petition by an Arunachal Pradesh doctor whose hope of becoming an IPS officer fell short by 2.5 cm. Ojing Dameng, from Milang village in the State’s Upper Siang district bordering China, was ranked 644th in the Civil Services Examination of 2017. Selected for the Indian Revenue Service (IRS), he is posted in Kolkata.More Related News