2024 Batch IAS: DoPT Makes Cadre Allocation, UP Gets Maximum Officers

Shakti Dubey, the topper of the batch from Prayagraj, has been allocated home cadre Uttar Pradesh and the second ranked Harshita Goyal from Haryana has been assigned Gujarat cadre.

The third ranked candidate of the batch, Archit Prag, who is from Maharashtra has been allocated Karnataka cadre, while fourth ranked Shah Margi Chirag from Gujarat has been assigned home cadre and fifth in the list, Aakash Garg, from Delhi has been allotted AGMUT cadre.            

Komal Punia, who had secured the sixth rank, has got Uttarakhand cadre while Mayank Tripathi, who had secured 10th rank, who comes from Uttar Pradesh received the home cadre. Apart from this, Aditya Vikram Aggarwal 9th rank) got Haryana, Hemant (13th rank) got Bihar, Sanskriti Trivedy (17th rank) got Maharashtra while Shivansh Subhash Jagade got UP cadre.

Shivam Singh, Siddharth Singh, Sweta, Sandeep Kumar, Ram Bharose Saran of Uttar Pradesh also got home cadre while Sanoli Gautam of Uttarakhand, Rekha Siyak of Rajasthan, Ayush Jaiswal, Apoorva Singh, Ayush Saini, Mukul Khandelwal and Thangaiyarasan T of Tamil Nadu, belonging to outside states, have been allotted UP cadre.

The DoPT’s list of cadres outlines the assignments to the top performers based on the established UPSC allocation policy, which considers factors such as merit, candidate preference, category, availability of vacancies, insider–outsider ratio and home-state status.

The UPSC announced the Civil Services Exam final results on April 22, 2024. Considered among the country’s toughest competitive examinations, which attracts participation from lakhs of students each year.

Successful candidates are recommended to various central services, including the IAS, Indian Police Service (IPS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS), Indian Revenue Service and other Group ‘A’ and ‘B’ central services.

A total of 1,009 candidates were recommended by the UPSC for various services after completion of 3-tier examination for the year 2024. Of these, 725 are men and 284 are women, based on the figures released by the Ministry. These numbers reflect ongoing efforts to encourage broad participation from across the country.

The cadre allocation process follows specific guidelines laid out by the DoPT, considering candidates’ preferences, rank, and insider/outsider status. For example, while Shakti Dubey and Shah Margi Chirag remain in their home states, others like Harshita Goyal and Dongre Archit Parag are assigned to states different from their own. This process aims to promote fair distribution of officers across regions.