Ali, a friend of mine cleared css written part 3 times consecutively. In the first attempt he was not allocated. He is awaiting allocation in the CE 09. He got through in CE 2010 too. he was among top 10 in PMS PUNJAB. zafar, An other friend of mine availed all his 3 chances but could not even clear written part once. from humble origins, Ali is a simple and humble soul where as zafar is a very proud man; both are equally intelligent and hard working. when Zafar started preparation for css in 2007, he started behaving like our top civil servants behave. He also failed in PMS. (Note: names not real)