Gujarat, May 18 -- Eight probationary officers of the 2025 batch of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), allocated to the Gujarat cadre, paid a courtesy call to Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel in Gandhinagar, on Monday.

According to a release, these probationary IAS officers have successfully completed the Foundation Course at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie, and have been appointed as Additional Assistant Collectors in the Gujarat cadre. They have been allotted Banaskantha, Bharuch, Amreli, Kutch, Panchmahal, Godhra, Valsad, Rajkot, and Mahisagar districts for fifty-two weeks of district training.

Patel extended his best wishes to the probationary IAS officers and encouraged them to work with de...