24 residents of same village selected as VAOs http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/004200709270324.htm
Madurai, Sept. 27 (PTI): As many as 24 villagers from Dalit-dominated Pazhaya Ayakudi village near Palani in Dindigul district have been selected as Village Administrative Officers in a test conducted by Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission recently. According to officials, the 24 candidates, including a couple, from one village getting selected is a unique feat, as 5,51,834 candidates had written the examination for the recruitment of 2,500 VAOs. More than 60 per cent of the 6,000 residents of the Pazhaya Ayakudi were Adidravidars. "We are more happy as 17 persons from one street were able to make it," a villager said. The village has already produced IAS and IPS officers besides several doctors and engineers. The candidates attribute their success to the coaching given by village elders, who had constituted a People's club.
