SONEPUR: Manas Ranjan Padhan of Kuhibahal village in Binka block of the district has topped the Odisha Judicial Service (OJS), results of which were declared on Wednesday.
Son of a retired teacher of Mahada ME School, Dhanu Padhan, Manas did his schooling in the village before joining Rajendra Junior College to complete Plus Two.
Later, he qualified for admission to Madhusudan Law College, Cuttack from where he did five-year integrated law. Manas attributed his success to teachers at the Law College and his parents.