Mohammad Shafi Pandit, first Muslim IAS officer from Kashmir valley, passes away
The Hindu
Mohammad Shafi Pandit, first Muslim IAS officer from Kashmir, passes away at 80 in Delhi hospital.
Mohammad Shafi Pandit, the first Muslim IAS officer from Kashmir, passed away on Thursday (September 19, 2024). He was 80.
Pandit was undergoing treatment at a hospital in Delhi after he was detected with cancer about a month ago, his family said.
He was the first Muslim from Kashmir to qualify the civil services examinations in 1969. His final assignment with the government was as the head of autonomous Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission.
In the bureaucratic circles, he was widely viewed as a Chief Secretary that Jammu and Kashmir never had.
The soft-spoken Pandit was part of many civil society and philanthropic initiatives in Kashmir. He also played a key role in rolling out of the Mandal Commission report as he was the Joint Secretary in the Government of India in 1992.
Pandit's body will be flown to Srinagar later in the day. "If possible, he will be laid to rest today," his family said.
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh condoled the death of the IAS officer.
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