PremiumA Jharkhand family apologised for an ‘inadvertent error’ that resulted in the Ramgarh district administration and Central Coalfields Ltd (CCL) felicitating their twenty four year old daughter
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A Jharkhand family apologised for an ‘inadvertent error’ that resulted in the Ramgarh district administration and Central Coalfields Ltd (CCL) felicitating their twenty four year old daughter.
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24-year-old Divya Pandey thought she cleared the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Civil Service Examination (CSE) that saw a historic three women toppers this year.
It was her maiden attempt at the prestigious examination.
Divya Pandey, 24, who hails from Ramgarh district, thought she secured the 323rd rank in this year’s examination, results of which were announced by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on 30 May.
However, later the family said that it is actually one Divya P of South India and not Divya Pandey who cracked the UPSC examination securing 323rd rank.
Pandey's attempt brought her felicitations from the district administration and the Central Coalfield's Limited. She is the daughter of a crane-operator in Jharkhand.
Priyadarshni Pandey, elder sister of Divya Pandey said her sister was informed by her friend in Uttar Pradesh that she had cracked UPSC securing AIR 323rd rank and "we tried to check result on UPSC website but internet was not working. It was an inadvertent error."
The family's claims of Divya Pandey's cracking of UPSC with the help of smartphone and internet without any professional coaching in her first attempt had led to the Central Coalfields Ltd Chairman cum Managing Director, PM Prasad and other senior officials felicitating Divya Pandey as her father was a retired crane operator from CCL.
“I put in around 18 hours of study on a daily basis and read a lot of National Council of Education Research (NCERT) books," Divya, who graduated from Ranchi University in 2017, had said on 31 May.
The claims had got widespread media coverage.
Deputy Commissioner, Ramgarh, Madhavi Mishra who too had felicitated Divya Pandey at her office in the district collectorate termed it a "human error".
The Ramgarh officials aid they had not taken any action against the girl or her family in this connection.
The family members claimed that there was no intention of spreading fake news or false claims and added that after finding out the truth Divya, a resident of Rajrappa colony under Chitarpur block of Jharkhand's Ramgarh district has left for Delhi.
"We apologise for this blunder," they said.
Chandreshwar Singh, area secretary of Coalfields Majdoor Union affiliated to Hind Majdoor Sabha and Divya's neighbour said that due to internet failure the family could not verify the information given by a UP-based friend of the girl and her success story went viral.
Divya, who had graduated from Ranchi University in 2017 had claimed: “I put in around 18 hours of study on a daily basis and read a lot of National Council of Education Research (NCERT) books,".
Her father Jagdish Prasad Pandey, who retired in 2016 as a crane operator of Central Coalfields Ltd (CCL) had claimed that the success and hard work of his daughter had paid off.