DIRECT RECRUITMENT TO THE POSTS OF GROUP-I SERVICES
(GENERAL / LIMITED RECRUITMENT)

Note: i. One Time Registration is not considered as an application for any post under any
circumstances.
ii. The applicants are advised to retain their mobile number and Email ID registered in
OTPR for receiving OTPR/SMS for further communication.
1.4. The Commission conducts a Screening test 
Candidates will be shortlisted to the main (descriptive)Examination in
the ratio as may be decided by the Commission at an appropriate time.
1.5. In respect of the Screening test, the objective type examination will be held in offline Mode -(OMR based) (Offline)

The Main Examination would be in descriptive type.
i. The Preliminary Exam (Objective type ) is tentative to be held on 18/12/2022.
ii. The Written Examination (Mains) (descriptive) is tentatively scheduled to be held in the 2 nd half of March 2023.
The candidates are required to visit the Commission's website regularly to keep himself /
herself updated about confirmed dates of the Examination to be held. Instructions regarding
Written Examination are attached as Annexure - III. The candidate has to choose the
medium in which he/she wants to write the examination and the paper will be valued
with reference to that medium only.
1.6. A general Mock Test facility is available to the applicants on the Commission’s website 
1.7. The applicant is required to visit the Commission’s website regularly to keep himself /
herself updated until completion of the recruitment process. The Commission’s website
information is final for all correspondence. No individual correspondence by any means
will be entertained under any circumstances.
1.8. Medium of writing Main Examination, post preferences and zonal preferences will be
taken through online from the candidates who qualified for Main Written Examination at
the time of Main Examination. Qualified candidates are required to visit Commission’s
website regularly for the purpose.
1.9. HALL TICKETS for the Screening & Main Examination (descriptive) will be hosted on Commission’s website for downloading. Instructions would be given through the website
regarding downloading Hall Tickets.
1.10. All desirous and eligible candidates shall apply online after satisfying themselves as per the terms and conditions of this recruitment notification.

Any application sent through any mode other than the prescribed online mode will not be entertained under any circumstances.

Submission of the application form by the candidate is construed as he/she
read the notification and shall abide by the terms and conditions laid down there.

Post code no.	Name of the Post	No.of vacancies	Age as on 01/07/2022 Min-Max	Scale of Pay Rs.
14	Deputy Registration in AP Cooperative Service	01	18-42	57,100-1,47,760/-
15	Assistant Audit Officer in AP. State Audit Service	01	18-42	54,060-1,40,540/-
	Total	02

   

Fresh Vacancies

 

Post Code No.	Name of the Post	No. Of Vacancies	Age as on 01/07/2022 Min-Max	Scale of Pay      Rs.
1	Deputy Collectors in A.P. Civil service(executive branch)	10	18-42	61,960-1,51,370/-
2	Assistant Commissioner of State Tax in A.P. State Tax Service.	12	18-42	61,960-1,51,370/-
3	Deputy Supdt. of Police (Civil) Cat-2 in A.P. Police Service.	13	21-30	61,960-1,51,370/-
4	Deputy Supdt. of Jails (MEN) in A.P. Jail Service.	02	18-30	57,100-1,47,760/-
5	Divisional /District Fire Officers in State Disaster Response & fire services.	02	21-28	57,100-1,47,760/-
6	Asst. Treasury Officer/Asst. Accounts Officer in A.P. Treasury & Accounts Service.	08	18-42	54,060-1,40,540/-
7	Regional Transport Officers in AP transport services.	02	18-42	57,100-1,47,760/-
8	Mandal Parishad Development Officer in A.P. Panchayat Raj and Rural Development service	07	18-42	54,060-1,40,540/-
9	District Registrars in A.P. Registration and Stamps service.	03	18-42	57,100-1,47,760/-
10	District Tribal Welfare Officer in AP tribal welfare service.	01	18-42	57,100-1,47,760/-
11	District B.C. Welfare Officer in A.P. B.C. Welfare Service.	02	18-42	57,100-1,47,760/-
12	Municipal Commissioner Grade-II in A.P. Municipal Administration Services.	06	18-42	54,060-1,40,540/-
13	Administrative Officer / Lay Secretary & Treasurer Grade.II in A.P. Medical and Health service.	18	18-42	54,060-1,40,540/-
15	Assistant Audit Officer in A.P. State Audit Service.	04	18-42	54,060-1,40,540/-

                            Total                                  90

 

Eligibility:

i. He / She is of sound health, active habits and free from any bodily defect or
infirmity rendering him / her unfit for such service:,
ii. His / Her character and antecedents are such as to qualify him / her for such
service:,
iii. He /She possesses the academic and other qualifications prescribed for the
post: and
iv. He/ She is a citizen of India:
Provided that no candidate other than a citizen of India may be appointed
except with the previous sanction of the State Government and except in
accordance with such conditions and restrictions as they may be laid down.
Such sanction shall not be accorded unless the State Government are satisfied
that a sufficient number of citizens of India, who are qualified and suitable are not available.

Educational Qualification:

• The candidate should possess the prescribed academic qualification as on the date of
  this notification. The date of this notification shall be the crucial date for calculating the
  experience including the practical experience. In respect of other than prescribed
  Educational Qualifications, claiming equivalence, and the decision of the concerned
  department (Unit Officer) shall be final.
  Note: If the applicant possesses an equivalence of qualification other than prescribed
  qualification in the Commission’s notification, the applicant should produce a copy of the
  Government Orders to the Commission in advance within 10 days of the last date for
  submitting applications, failing which their application will be rejected.

 

Post Code No.	Educational Qualifications
1	Must hold the Bachelor’s Degree of any University in India established or incorporated by or under a Central Act, Provincial Act or a State Act or the Institution recognized by the University Grants Commission or an equivalent qualification.
2	Must possess a Degree of a University in India established or incorporated by or under a Central Act or a State Act or any other equivalent recognized qualification.
3	Must hold a bachelor’s Degree of any University in India established or Incorporated by or under a Central Act, Provincial Act or a State Act or of an Institution recognized by the UGC or equivalent qualification
4	Must possess a Degree of a University in India established or incorporated by or under a Central Act, or State Act or other recognized equivalent qualifications.
5	He hold a Degree of Engineering (Fire) of any University recognized by the University Grants Commission or any other equivalent qualifications. Provided that if no candidates with B.E (Fire) qualification are available, candidates with the Degree in any discipline will be considered. Provided that if no candidates with B.E (Fire) qualification are available, candidates with the Degree in any discipline will be considered. As per Rule -5 (i)(ii) of G.O.Ms.No.574, Home (Prisons .A) Dept., dated: 30.09.1991
6	Must possess a Degree from any recognized University in India established by Act of any State Government or incorporate by or under a Central Act, or state act or any other equivalent qualification.
7	Must possess a Degree of a University in India established or incorporated by or under a Central Act or a State Act or any other equivalent qualification
8	Must have possessed a Bachelor’s Degree from any recognized University in India or incorporated by or under Central Act, Provincial Act or a State Act or Institution recognized by the University Grants Commission or an equivalent qualification.
9	Must hold a Bachelor Degree of a Recognized University in India established or incorporated by or under a Central Act, Provincial act or a State Act or an Institution recognized by the University Grants Commission or any other equivalent qualification.
10	Must possess Bachelor’s Degree of a University in India established or incorporated by or under provincial Act, Central Act, State Act or an institution recognized by the University Grants Commission.
11	Must possess a Bachelor’s Degree of a University in India established or incorporated by or under a Central Act, State Act or a provincial Act or an institution recognized by the University Grants Commission or an equivalent qualification.
12	Must possess a Bachelor’s Degree from any University in India established or incorporated by or under a Central Act, or Provisional Act, or State Act or an Institution recognized by the University Grants Commission.
13	Must possess a bachelor’s Degree of any University in India established or Incorporated by or under a Central Act, provincial Act or a State Act or the institutions recognized by University Grants Commission or an equivalent qualification.
14	Must possess a Degree of a University in India established or incorporated by or under a Central Act or a State Act or any other equivalent qualification.
15	Must hold a Degree of a University in India established or Incorporated by or under a Central Act or a State Act or any other equivalent qualification.

 

Reservations:

• There will be reservations in direct recruitment in respect of Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Castes, Backward Classes, Physically Challenged Economically Weaker Sections, Women and Meritorious Sports Persons as per Rule 22 and 22 (A) of A.P. State and Subordinate Service Rules. However, Women's reservation is not applicable for the post code nos. 04 &05 as per Departmental Special Rules.
  NOTE: The candidates belonging to SC, ST, BC, EWS & PH and who avail upper age
  relaxation will also be considered for open category vacancies”.
  1.Caste & Community: Community Certificate issued by the competent authority in terms of G.O. Ms No. 58, SW (J) Dept., dt.12/5/97 should be submitted at appropriate time. 
  2. If eligible disabled candidates of a particular category are not available, to fill up the carry forward vacancy, the same shall be filled-up by the method of interchanging 
  3. There shall be Reservation to Women horizontally to an extent of 33 1/3% 
  4.. The reservation to meritorious sports persons will apply as per G.O.Ms.No.13 
  5. a) The meritorious sportsman means a sportsman who has represented the State or the Country in a national or international competition or University in the Inter-University tournaments conducted by the Inter-University Boards or the State School team in the national sports/games for schools conducted by the All India School Games Federation in any of the games, sports, mentioned below; and any other games/sports as may be specified by the Government from time to time, in terms of Rule 2 (19) of AP State and Subordinate Service Rules.
  b) With regard to Meritorious Sports persons vacancies as per G.O.Ms.No.13 G.A (Ser.D) Department, dated: 23-01-2018 in the event of non-availability of eligible sports persons, the points reserved for them should be deemed to be allotted to Open Competition in the same recruitment.
  6.Reservation to Local Candidates:

The Rule of Reservation to the Local candidates is not applicable for all posts (i.e., Pc. No.
01 to 14) except PC. No.15.

 

For PC.No.14 State wide Selection, allotment will be Zone wise – I to IV Zones.
ZONE–I : Srikakulam, Visakhapatnam and Vizianagaram. (SKM, VSP, VZM)
ZONE–II : East Godavari, West Godavari and Krishna. (EG, WG, KST)
ZONE–III : Guntur, Prakasam and Nellore. (GNT, PKM, NLR)
ZONE–IV : Chittoor, Cuddapah, Anantapur and Kurnool. (CTR, CDP, ATP, KNL)
For PC. No. 07, 08, 11, 12, 13 State wide Selection and allotment will be Multi-Zone I

ZONE–I : Srikakulam, Visakhapatnam and Vizianagaram. (SKM, VSP, VZM)
ZONE–II : East Godavari, West Godavari and Krishna. (EG, WG, KST)
ZONE–III : Guntur, Prakasam and Nellore. (GNT, PKM, NLR)
ZONE–IV : Chittoor, Cuddapah, Anantapur and Kurnool. (CTR, CDP, ATP, KNL)

 

SCHEME OF EXAMINATION FOR GROUP-I SERVICES
 SCREEING TEST - WRITTEN EXAMINATION (OBJECTIVE TYPE)

Subject	No. of Questions	Duration minutes	Maximum Marks
Screening Test (Objective Type) Paper -I General Studies. This paper consists of 04 parts i.e., ABCD each part carries 30 marks A.History and Culture. B. Constitution polity, Social Justice and International relations. C. Indian and Andhra Pradesh Economy and Planning. D. Geography.	120 questions	120 minutes	120 marks
Screening Test (Objective Type) Paper -II General Aptitude This paper consists 2 parts i.e., A and B each part carries 60 Marks (Part-A - 60 Marks, Part -B (i) - 30 Marks and B (ii) - 30 Marks). A. General Mental Ability, Administrative and Psychological Abilities. B. (i) Science and Technologies.  (ii) Current events of Regional, National and International importance	120 questions	120 minutes	120 marks

N.B: NEGATIVE MARKS: As per G.O. Ms. No.235 Finance (HR-I, Plg & Policy) Dept.,Dt.06/12/2016,
for each wrong answer will be penalized with 1/3rd of the marks prescribed for the question. 

Mains-Written Examination(Descriptive Type)

Paper in telugu	Qualifying Nature	180 minutes	150 marks
Paper In English	Qualifying nature	180 minutes	150 marks
Paper-1 General Essay - on contemporary themes and issues of regional, national and international importance.		180 minutes	150 marks
Paper-2 History and Cultural and Geography of India & Andhra Pradesh.		180 minutes	150 marks
Paper-3 Polity, constitution, Governance, Law and ethics.		180 minutes	150 marks
Paper-4 Economy and Development of India and Andhra Pradesh		180 minutes	150 marks
Paper-5 Science, Technology and Environmental Issues		180 minutes	150 marks
Personality Test			75 marks

                                     Total                                                                    825 marks

 

Please check syllabus in the official document

 

 

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