be right on top. His
mission now is to serve his people in the strife torn area of Kashmir. "I wanted
to serve my people and in the role of an IAS officer I would like to reduce the
communication gap between the people and the administration. I will give
audience to them to hear their problems, cares and worries. I want to bring a
change, especially for women and the youth," he says, insisting that he never
received any formal training for the UPSC exam.

Among his inspirations, Faisal counts an IPS officer from his state. "I was
inspired by one Abdul Gani Mir of my area in Kupwara, who passed his IPS in
1994. I have been in touch with him since 2007, when I thought of sitting for
the civil services exams," he says. Ganiis currently DIG, CID in Jammu and
Kashmir Police.

Faisal's younger brother Shah Nawaz is also a doctor while his younger sister
Talat Shah is a library assistant.

Srinagar/Jammu, May 06 (Scoop
News)- A doctor from Kashmir
has topped the Civil Service Exams 2009 as 875 candidates
qualified the test conducted by Indian Union Public Service
Commission (UPSC), the results of which were announced
today.

Dr. Shah Faisal, hailing from
Sogam village of border district Kupwara who topped
2009-2010 batch of Indian Administrative Services (IAS)
examinations brought laurels to the
Jammu and Kashmir
State
particularly to the Kashmir
valley.

A total of 875 candidates,
including 680 men and 195 women, have been recommended for
appointment to IAS, IFS, IPS and other central services, the
UPSC said in a statement.A total of 4,09,110 candidates
applied for the test while 1,93,091 appeared in the
preliminary examination.

It is to be
mentioned here that in 1980-81