G.O. Ms. No. 261

 G.O. Ms. No. 261 G.A (Ser. B) Dept. dt. 14-7-1998

1. 1. SHORT TITLE:
2. 2. CONSTITUTION:
3. 3.METHOD OF APPOINTMENT:
4. 4. APPOINTING AUTHORITY:
5. 5.       RESERVATION OF APPOINTMENTS:
6. 6. QUALIFICATIONS:
7. 7. AGE:
8. 
   8. MINIMUM SERVICE:
9. 9. PROBATION:
10. 10. TRAINING:
11. 11.TESTS:
12. 12. TRANSFERS AND POSTINGS:
13. 13.UNIT OF APPOINTMENT:
14. 14.   CONVERSION   AS   BETWEEN   JUNIOR   ASSISTANTS/   TYPISTS   /JUNIOR STENOS/      TELEPHONE   OPERATORS,      ASSISTANT-CUM-TYPISTS      AND TRANSFERS    BETWEEN    CATEGORIES    OF JUNIOR    ASSISTANTS    AND TYPISTS/JUNIOR   STENOGRAPHERS   AND TELEPHONE   OPERATORS   AND ASSISTANT -CUM-TYPISTS:
15. 15.SENIORITY:
16. 16.PROMOTION AND ABSORPTION OF STENOGRAPHERS AND TYPISTS: .
17. 17.REVISION AND REVIEW OF ORDERS OF PROMOTION OR APPOINTMENT BY TRANSFER:
18. 18.LIST OF APPROVED CANDIDATES FOR CERTAIN CATEGORIES AND POSTS:
19. 19.PREPARATION OF LISTS OF APPROVED CANDIDATES:
20. 20.PERMANENT ALLOTMENT OF CANDIDATES TO DEPARTMENTAL UNITS AND THEIR APPOINTMENT:
21. 21.CANDIDATES   ALLOTTED   BUT   NOT   ACTUALLY       EMPLOYED   IN   A DEPARTMENTAL UNIT:
22. 22. LIST OF PROBATIONERS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS:
23. 23.ALLOTMENT OF CANDIDATES WITH SPECIAL QUALIFICATIONS:
24. 24.FAILURE  OF  APPROVED  CANDIDATES  /  DISCHARGED  PROBATIONERS  AND APPROVED PROBATIONERS TO JOIN DUTY WHEN REQUIRED:
25. 25. SEPARATE LIST OF APPROVED CANDIDATES:
26. 26. SECURITIES:
27. 27.MEMBERS DESIRING COURSES OF STUDY NOT CONNECTED WITH PROBATION:

GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH

ABSTRACT

PUBLIC SERVICES – Andhra Pradesh Ministerial Service Rules - Issued

GENERAL ADMINISTRATION (SERVICES. B) DEPARTMENT

G.O.Ms.No. 261.           dated the 14th July 1998.

Read the following::-

1.   G.O.Ms.No.1271,     General     Administration     (Rules)     Department,     dated 

17.10.1966.

2.   D.O.Letter No. 429/OMC/SPF.SER/9O-12, dt. 13-6-1991.

3.   From   the   Secretary,   Andhra   Pradesh   Public   Service   Commission,   Letter   No. 

2503/RR/2/97, dated 1/7/1998.

ORDER:

The  One  Man  Commission  after  having  detailed  discussion  with  Officers  of  this Department 

and after taking into consideration the views expressed by Heads of Departments have recommended   

Service   Rules   Governing   the   posts   in   the   Andhra   Pradesh   Ministerial   Services. 

Government after careful examination and in consultation with Law Department have finalised the 

Andhra Pradesh Ministerial Service Rules.

2.The following notification will be published in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette:-

NOTIFICATION

In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 of the Constitution of India and 

all other powers hereunto enabling and in supersession of the Special Rules issued in 

G.O.Ms.No.1271, General Administration (Services.B) Department, dated the 17th October, 1966 as 

amended from time to  time, the  Governor  of  Andhra  Pradesh  hereby  makes  the  following  

Special  Rules  for the  Andhra Pradesh Ministerial Services.:

ANDHRA PRADESH MINISTERIAL SERVICE RULES

1. SHORT TITLE:

These rules may be called the Andhra Pradesh Ministerial Service Rules.

2. CONSTITUTION:

The service shall consist of the following classes and categories of posts in the Andhra

Pradesh Ministerial Service:-

Class-A:

Category (I)

Superintendents in the Offices of the Heads of Departments, Directorates and other Subordinate 

Offices:

Superintendents:      including the  posts  in the  basic  scale of  pay  as that of  

Superintendents though differently designated   but excluding the posts covered by other Special 

Service Rules-

(a) (i)              Superintendents in Working Women's Hostels and Rescue Homes in the Women 

Development and Child Welfare Department

(ii)                 Manager, Publication Bureau, Printing,  Stationery and Stores Purchase 

Department   and   Andhra   Pradesh   Government   Text   Book   Press, Hyderabad  and  its  

Subordinate  Offices  i.e.,  District  Government  Text Book Sales Offices in each District of the 

State.

(iii)                 Office  Managers/Managers  in  the  Cultural  Affairs  Department  and 

Village Development Officers Training Centres.

(iv)                 Office Assistants in the Archaeology and Museums Department.

(v)                 Managers in Panchayat Raj Bodies.

(vi)                 Managers (Forensic Science Laboratory), Police Department.

(vii)                Superintendents in Panchayat Raj Bodies (i.e., Zilla Praja Parishads and 

Mandal Praja Parishads).

(viii)               Huzur Second Clerks in Revenue Department.

(ix)                Personal  Assistants  in  the  Offices  of  the  Director  of  State  Institute 

 of Educational  Technology  and  Director,  Drug  Control  Administration Department.

(x)                 Head Clerks in the State Institute of Rural Development, Hyderabad and in the 

Panchayat Raj Engineering Department.

(xi)                Managers  in  Forest  Department,  Medical  Education  and  Health  and Family  

Welfare  Department,  Vigilance  Cell  in  the  Civil  Supplies Department,  Advocate  General's  

Office,  Government  Pleaders'  Office and Public Prosecutors Office.

(xii)                Superintendents  working  in  Orphanages  and  Child  Beggar  Homes  in Social 

Welfare Department.

(xiii)               Hostel Managers in the Technical Education Department.

(xiv)               Upgraded Inspectors in Endowments Department.

(xv)                Assistants in State Institute of Educational Technology.

(xvi)               Section Officers in Advocate General's Establishment.

(xvii)               Assistants (Nucleus Cell) in Industries Department.

(xviii)              Caretaker in State Archives Department.

(b)                     Accountants,    including    posts    in    the    basic    scale    of    

pay    of Superintendents designated as:·

(i)                 Cost Accountant

(ii)                 Commercial Accountant

(c)                 Store Keeper including posts in the basic pay scale of Superintendents 

designated as Store Keeper, Grade-I.

(d)                 Cashier in the basic pay scale of Superintendents.

(e)                 Auditors  including  posts  in  the  basic  pay  scale  of  Superintendents 

designated as:·

(i)Auditor / Senior Auditor.

(ii)  Commercial Auditor.

(iii) Internal Auditor.

Category (2) Senior Assistants:

Senior   Assistants   in   the   Offices   of   the   Heads   of   Departments, Directorates  and  

Subordinate  and  other  Offices,  including  posts  in the basic scale of pay of Senior Assistants 

differently designated, such as:

(a) (i)               U.D. Inspectors of Endowments Department.

(ii)                 U.D. Commercial Taxes Inspectors.

(iii)                Senior Assistants and Loans Inspectors in Panchayat Raj Bodies.

(iv)                U.D. Revenue Inspector of the Revenue Department.

(v)                 Senior  Revenue  Inspectors,  Senior  Checking  Inspectors  and  Food 

Inspectors in Civil Supplies Department.

(vi)                Head Assistants in Revenue Department

(vii)                Head    Clerk,    Village    Development    Officer's    Training    Centres, 

Panchayat  Raj  and  Rural  Development  Department  and  in  Public Libraries Department.

(viii)               Second Grade Clerks in Archaeology and Museums Department.

(ix)                Social  Welfare  Organisers  in  the  Offices  of  the  Deputy  Directors  of 

Social Welfare in Telangana Area.

Note:-              This designation (Social Welfare Organiser) shall cease to exist as and

when the present incumbents vacate the posts .for any reason.

(x)                 Registrar  (Research  Department  Ayurveda).in  Indian  Medicine  and 

Homeopathy Department.

(xi)                Assistant  Manager  in  the  Government  Central  Press  in  the  basic  pay 

scale of Senior Assistants.

(xii)                Steward, Manager-cum-Supervisor and Hospital Supervisor-cum- Steward in Indian 

Medicine and Homeopathy Department.

(xiii)               U.D.Steward and Laision Supervisor in the Medical Education and Health and 

Family Welfare Departments.

(b)                 Accountant including posts in the basic pay scale as that of Senior Assistant 

other differently designated as such as:-

(i)        Senior Accountant

(ii)       U.D. Accountant

(iii)      Assistant  Accountant

(iv)      Head Accountant

(v)        Accounts  Clerk  in  Women  Development  and  Child  Welfare Dept.

(c)                 Senior Store Keeper including posts in the basic pay scale of Senior Assistants 

designated as:-

(i)        U.D. Store Keeper

(ii)       Store Keeper

(iii)      Senior Assistant-cum-Store Keeper

(iv)      Assistant Store Keeper

(v)        Assistant stock Verifier

(d)                 (i) Cashier; and                                     in the basic scale of pay 

of

(ii) U.D.Cashier                                    Senior Assistant.

(e)                 (i) Auditor; and                                    in the basic scale of pay 

of

(ii) Senior Auditor                                Senior Assistant.

(f)                 Senior   Assistant   (Gujarati   and   Marwadi)   in   Commercial   Taxes 

Department.

Category (3) Junior Assistants:

Junior Assistants in the Offices of the Heads of Departments, Directorates and the other 

Subordinate Offices;

including the posts in the basic scale of pay as that of Junior Assistants and those differently 

designated such as:-

(a)(i)                 Depot Clerk in Agriculture Department.

(ii)                 Godown Supervisor in Agriculture Department

(iii)                Receptionist  in  Jawahar  Bal  Bhavan  and  in  Medical  Education  and 

Health and Family Welfare Departments and in A.P. Bhavan.

(iv)                Record  Clerk  in  Medical  Education  and  Health  and  Family  Welfare 

Departments.

(v)                 Lower Division Commercial Tax Inspector.

(vi)                Junior Checking Inspector in Civil Supplies Department.

(vii)                Junior Enquiry Inspector in Civil Supplies Department.

(viii)               L.D.-cum-Store Keeper of Social Welfare Department.

(ix)                L.D. Computer in Institute of Preventive Medicine.

(x)                 Issue  Clerk  in  Stationery  Wing  of  Printing,.  Stationery  and  Stores 

Purchase Department.

(b)                 Junior  Accountant  including  posts  in  the  basic  pay  scale  of  Junior 

Assistants and differently designated such as:-

(i) L.D. Accountant

(ii) Accountant

(c)                 Store Keeper and posts in the basic pay scale of Junior Assistants and 

differently designated such as:-

(i)                 Store Keeper

(ii)                 Store Clerk

(iii)                Junior Assistant-cum-Store Keeper

(iv)                L.D. Store Keeper/Junior Store Keeper

(v)                 Junior   Assistant-cum-Bill   Collector   in   Panchayat   Raj   and   Rural 

Development Department.

(vi)                Junior Assistant (Camp Clerk)

(vii)                Hospital    Store    Keeper    in    Indian    Medicine    and    Homeopathy 

Department.

(viii)               Store  Keeper,  Grade-III  in  Public  Health  and  Municipal  Engineering 

Department.

(ix)                Stores Assistant in A.P.Bhavan

(d)                 L.D. Cashier

(e)                 Junior Auditor

(f)                 Clerk-cum-Accountant             in   the   basic   scale   of   pay   of   

Junior

Assistant.

(g)                 Linen   Keeper   in   Medical   Education   /Health   and   Family   Welfare 

Department

(h)                 Supervisor  in  Nizamia  General  Hospital  and  of  Indian  Medicine  and 

Homeopathy Department.

Category (4) Assistant-cum- Typist

Category(5) Telephone Operator:

Class-B: Category(I): Special Category- Steno:

Assistant-cum- Typist including Clerk-cum- Typist or Junior Assistant cum-  Typist,  Store  

Keeper-cum-Typist  in  women  Development  and Child  Welfare  Department.  Furniture  Clerk  in  

Raj  Bhavan,  Typist-- cum-Clerk in excise and other departments.

Telephone  Operator  including  Receptionist-cum  -Telephone  Operator of Forest Department and 

Receptionist in State Archives Department.

Special Category Stenographer.

Category(2)         Senior  Stenographer  including  the  posts  in  the  basic  scale  of  pay  of 

Senior Steno:  Senior Stenographer and differently designated such as:-

(i)        Senior Steno

(ii)       U.D .Steno

(iii)      Steno, Grade-III

Category(3)

U. D.Typist

(i)       U.D. Typist (Urdu)

(ii)       UD. Typist (Hindi)

(iii)      U.D. Typist (Telugu)

(iv)      U.D. Typist (English)

Category(4)

Junior Steno/Typist

(a) Typist/Junior Steno including posts in the basic scale of pay as that of though differently 

designated such as:-

(i)       Steno-typist

(ii)      L.D. Steno

(iii)     Steno-Typist-cum-Telex Operator

(b)                     (i)        L.D. Typist (Telugu)

(ii)       L.D. Typist (Hindi)

(iii)      L.D.Typist (Urdu)

(iv)     L.D.Typist (English)

(v)      Junior Steno (Telugu)

(c)                     Library clerk-cum-Typist in Andhra Pradesh Information Centre, New Delhi

Note:                (a) The term "basic scale of pay" used in this rule refers to the scale of pay 

of a post in which it is sanctioned and not the scale of pay given to the holder of the post after 

completion of 8, 16 or 22 years of service under the automatic advancement scheme.

(b) There shall be no future recruitment to the category 3 of Class-B viz.,

U.D. Typist. As and when the present incumbents vacate the posts, they shall  automatically  deemed 

 to  be  downgraded  to  that  of  Typist  under Category 4.

3.METHOD OF APPOINTMENT:

a)          Subject to the other provisions in these rules the methods of appointments to the 

several categories in this service shall be made as follows:-

Category                                  Post                                    Method of 

appointment (1)                                       (2)                                           

            (3)

Class-A

Category (l)

Superintendents including the other posts categorised as such in rule 2 .

(i) By promotion from Category 2 of Class-A

(ii)By conversion from the Special Category Stenographer. (see also Note (1)&(9) below)

Category (2)

Category(3

Category (4)

Senior Assistants including the other posts included as such in rule 2.

Junior   Assistants   including   the other  posts  categorised  as  such  in rule-2.

Assistant-cum- Typist including the posts categorised as such in rule-2.

(i) By Promotion from the categories 3 and 4 of Class -A

(ii) By promotion from Category-4 of Class-B.

(iii)   By   conversion   of   Senior Stenos/  U.D.  Typists  Category (2)&(3)   of  Class-B.   

(see   also notes    (2)(3)(7)(10)    &    (16) below)

(i) By direct recruitment

(ii)  By  conversion  of  Assistant

–cum-Typist/Telephone Operators      and      the      posts included  category  4  of  Class-B who 

are qualified as provided in Rule 14 and 16.

(iiii)     By     appointment     by transfer  of  Record  Assistants and          other          

equivalent categories  in  Andhra  Pradesh General   Subordinate   Service (see footnote under this 

table)

(iv) By       appointment       by transfer     of     members     of Andhra   Pradesh   Last   

Grade Service

(i) By direct recruitment

(ii)  By  conversion  of  Junior Assistant    /Typist    /    Junior Steno  /Telephone  Operator  

as provided in rule 14 and 16.

(iii)     By     appointment     by transfer  of  Record  Assistants and          other          

equivalent categories  in  Andhra  Pradesh General   Subordinate   Service

Category (5)

Class B Category (1)

Category (2)

Category (3)

Telephone Operator including the posts included as such rule-2.

Special Category Stenographer

Senior Stenographer including. posts in the scale of pay of Senior Steno designated as in rule-2

U.D.Typist including posts in the scale of pay of U.D. Typist designated as:-

(i) U.D.Typist (Urdu)

(See    foot    note    under    this table).

(iv)     By     appointment     by transfer   of   members   of   the Andhra   Pradesh   Last   

Grade Service

(i) By direct recruitment

(ii)      By      conversion      as provided  in  rule  14  and  16 and  17.  (See  also  note  

(11  ) below)·

(i)  By  promotion  of  Senior Stenographer.

(ii)   By   promotion   of   U.D. Typist in any language who is qualified  for  appointment  as 

Special                       Category Stenographer.  (See  also  note

(6) and (12) below).

(i) By direct recruitment

(ii)  By  promotion  of  Junior Steno   /Typist   /   Assistant   - cum     -     Typist     or     

other language    Typists    who    are qualified.

(iii)    By    transfer    of    U.D. Typist(Telugu)/(English)     or (Hindi)   or   (Urdu)   who   

is qualified  for  appointment  to the post of Senior Steno. (see also   note   (6)   (8)   and   

(13) below):

(i) By promotion of Typist in

Category (4) (a)

(b)

(ii) U.D.Typist (Hindi)

(iii)     U.D.Typist (Telugu)

(iv)      U.D.Typist (English)

Typist/    Junior    Steno    including post in the scale of .pay of Junior Steno/Typist    

categorised    as    in rule-2.

(i) L.D.Typist (Telugu)

(ii) L.D.Typist (Urdu)

(iii) L.D.Typist (English)

(iv) L.D.Typist (Hindi)

the relevant language.

(ii)  By  Direct  recruitment  if no     qualified     persons     is available  for  promotion  

(see also    notes    (12)    &    (13) below)

(i) By direct recruitment

(ii)By   conversion       of   Junior Assistant/Telephone operator   as provided in rule 14 and 16.

(iii)By  appointment  by  transfer of  Record  Assistants  and  other equivalent categories  in' 

Andhra Pradesh    General    Subordinate Service. (see footnote under this rule)

(iv)By  appointment  by  transfer from   the   members   of   Andhra Pradesh Last Grade Service.

(i) By direct recruitment

(ii)  By  appointment  by  transfer of  Record  Assistants  and  other equivalent  categories  in  

Andhra Pradesh    General    Subordinate Service. (see footnote under this rule)

(iii)   By   conversion   of   Junior Assistants/Telephone   Operators as provided in rule 14 and 

16.

(iv)  By  appointment  by  transfer of  members  of  Andhra  Pradesh Last   Grade   Service.   (see 

  also note  (8)  (I4)  (15)  (17)  &  (18) below)

Foot Note :

The reference to Record Assistants and other equivalent categories in the above methods of 

appointment or elsewhere in these rules covers the  categories  of  Record  Assistants.  Roneo  

Duplicating  Operators, Xerox Operators. Lift Operators, Drivers (Light Vehicle) and (Heavy 

Vehicle), Senior Driver (Light Vehicle), Auto-rikshaw Drivers, Motor Cycle Messengers and Shroffs 

including Cashier.

(GO. Ms. No. 298 GA. (Ser-B) Dept. dt. 9-10-2003)

(GO. Ms. No. 486 GA. (Ser-B) Dept. dt. 4-8-2008)

Provided further that besides appointments to be made as mentioned in the above rule, appointment 

to the posts mentioned in Column (1) of the, table below, may also be made and subject to the 

conditions indicated in Column (2) thereof, as follows:-

(1)

1.            One   post   of   Superintendent   in   each District in Mandal Praja Parishad 

Offices and Zilla Praja Parishad Offices

2.            ``10%   (ten   percent)   of   the   posts   of Superintendents   in   Zilla   

Parishads   and Mandal Parishads in each district”.

3.            10%  of  the  posts  of  Senior  Assistants  in Panchayat Raj Bodies in each District

4.            Senior    Assistant    in    Public    Libraries Department other than in the 

Directorate

5.            Senior  Assistant  in  Andhra  Pradesh  Text Book Press

(2)

By    promotion    from    among    Senior Assistants      of      Offices      of      the 

Commissioner,    Panchayat    Raj    and Commissioner,  Rural  Development  and the    Assistant    

Section    Officers    of Secretariat  who  have  passed  Accounts Test  for  local  body  

employees  or  an equivalent test in the ratio of 1: 1.

By  appointment  by  transfer  of  Village Development   Officers,   Grade-I   who have    passed  

Accounts  Test  for  local body employees or an equivalent test

By  appointment  by  transfer  of  Village Development  Officers,.  Grade-II  who  have put in not 

less than Ten years of Service and    those    who    have    passed    the Accounts      Test      

for      local      body employees or an equivalent test

By   appointment   by   transfer   of   Card Writer, Book Keepers and Supervisors, Grade-I     in   

  the     Public     Libraries Department in one out of ten vacancies

By  appointment  by  transfer  of  Bradma Operator in one out of the ten vacancies

6.

7.

8.

9.

9(a)

10.

11.

12.

All  categories  of  posts  in    Endowments Department

Senior    Assistants    in    Estate    Office, Hyderabad

Senior  Assistants  in  Information       and Public Relations Department.

Senior    Assistants    in    Commerce    and Export Promotion Department.

Senior    Assistant    in    Sainik    Welfare Department.

Junior Assistants in State Central Library

Junior Assistants:

(a)    In    Stationery    Wing    of    Printing, Stationery       and       Stores       Purchase 

Department

(b) in Andhra Pradesh Text Book Press.

Junior   Assistants   in   Registration   and Stamps Department.

Appointments  to  be  made  only  from among      person      professing      Hindu Religion.

By transfer of Senior Assistants of the Revenue    Department    in    Hyderabad District   if   no 

  qualified   or   suitable person is available for promotion in the unit of the Estate Officer, 

Hyderabad.

By  appointment  by  transfer  of  Telex Operator in the Information and Public Relations  

Department who have put in not less than five years service and who has passed  requisite  tests  

and  with  Degree qualifications  in  the  20th  vacancy  in  a unit of 20 vacancies.

By  appointment  by  transfer  of  Telex Operator   in   Commerce   and   Export Promotion  

Department  with  five  years service  and  who  passed  requisite  tests and  with  Degree  

qualification,  in  the 20th vacancy in a unit of 20 vacancies.

By    appointment    by    transfer    from among  Junior  Assistants  and  Welfare Organiser in 

the ratio of 2:1.

By     appointment     by     transfer     of Supervisors  and  library  Assistants  in the State 

Central Library, Hyderabad in the   tenth   vacancy   in   a   unit   of   ten vacancies.

By     appointment     by     transfer     of Warehouseman in the Stationery Wing / Andhra Pradesh 

Text Book Press in the 20th vacancy in a Unit of 20 vacancies and   if   qualified   candidates   

are   not available   for   such   appointment,   by direct recruitment.

By  appointment  by  transfer  of  Section Writers.   of   Registration   and   Stamps Department   

 in    one    out    of    three vacancies.

13.

14.

Junior   Assistants,   Typists   and   Junior Steno        in        Collegiate        Education 

Department.

Junior      Assistant      in      Institute      of Administration.

By     appointment     by     transfer     of Herbarium Keeper and Museum Keeper in   20th   

vacancy   in   a   unit   of   20 vacancies.

By  appointment  by  transfer  of  Helper along  with  Office  Subordinates  of  the Department.

*(GO. Ms. No. 327, GA. (Ser-B) Dept. dt. 3-10-2000)

Provided further that in case no candidate is available for appointment to a category from  anyone  

of  the  feeder  categories  in  a  cycle,  the  said  vacancy  earmarked  to  be  filled from  

among  the  incumbents  in  feeder  category,  shall  lapse  and  the  appointment  shall  be made 

from the next feeder category in the cycle.

NOTE  (I):  The  first  vacancy  out  of  every  eight  successive  vacancies  excluding  leave 

vacancies of Superintendents in the Offices of Heads of Departments and Directorates shall, on   or 

  after   23rd   December,   1980,   shall   be   filled   by   transfer   from   the   category   

of Superintendents working in the Subordinate Offices under the administrative control of the 

concerned Head of Department or the Directorate as the case may be, and if any ·person so appointed 

by transfer faces reversion, he shall be reverted to his parent unit of appointment.

However this does not confirm any claim for seniority which shall be governed by the provisions of 

the General Rules.

NOTE (2): The first vacancy out of every four successive vacancies, excluding leave vacancies of 

Senior Assistants in the Offices of Heads of Departments and Directorates shall be  filled  from  

among  suitable  Senior  Assistants  working  in  the  Subordinate  Offices  of  the concerned Head 

of the  Department or the Directorate. If any person so appointed by transfer suffers reversion he 

shall be  reverted to his parent unit of appointment.

However this does not confirm any  claim for seniority which shall be governed by the provisions of 

the General Rules:

Provided   that   this   provision   shall   not   apply   to   the   Registration   and   Stamps 

Department.

NOTE   (3):   U.D.Commercial   Taxes   Inspectors   and   L.D.   Commercial   Taxes Inspectors in 

the Commercial Taxes Department shall be appointed by transfer from among Senior Assistants and 

Junior Assistants respectively in the Department in the relevant unit.

NOTE (4): Out of every four successive vacancies of Junior Assistants and Typists including Junior 

Stenographers and Assistant-cum-Typists, wherever available in the Offices of the Heads of the 

Departments or Directorates, excluding leave vacancy the first vacancy shall  be  filled  by  

transfer  of  Junior  Assistants  and  Typists  including  Junior  Stenographers and   other   

posts   in   Category-4   of   Class-B   and   Assistant-cum-Typists   working   in  the 

Subordinate   Offices,   under   the   administrative   control   of   the   concerned   Head   of  

 the Department or Directorate, as the case may be. If any person so appointed faces reversion or 

retrenchment, he shall be reverted to his parent unit or retrenched, as the case may be.

However this does not confirm any  claim for seniority which shall be governed by the provisions of 

General Rules:

Provided  that  this  method  of  appointment  shall  not  be  ordinarily  followed  in

Registration  and  Stamps  Department  and  the  posts  of  Junior  Assistants  in  the  Inspector 

General's  Office  of  Registration  and  Stamps  shall  ordinarily  be  filled  by  appointment  

by transfer of the candidates from the lower categories working in that office in accordance with 

the methods of appointment prescribed in this rule.

NOTE (5):  (a)  60% of  the  substantive  vacancies  of  Junior  Assistants  (Category  3  of 

Class-A)  and  Assistant-cum-Typists  (Category  4  of  Class-A)  shall  be  filled  by  direct 

recruitment.

(b)Vacancies  other  than  those  intended  for  direct  recruitment  in  the  category  of  .

Junior Assistants and Assistant-cum- Typists shall be filled as follows:-

“Note (5)

1st Vacancy

2nd Vacancy 3rd Vacancy 4th Vacancy 5th Vacancy

6th Vacancy

7th Vacancy

8th Vacancy 9th Vacancy 10th Vacancy

The vacancies of Junior Assistants (Category 3 of Class-A) and Assistant- cum-Typist (Category 4 of 

Class-A) shall be filled in a unit of 10 vacancies as indicated below:

By appointment of Junior Assistants and Assistant-cum- Typists working in the Subordinate Offices, 

where the unit of appointment is the Office of the Head of Department or Directorate.

By Direct Recruitment. By Direct Recruitment. By Direct Recruitment.

Appointment   by   conversion   from   the   categories   of   Typist,   Junior Stenographers    

and    Telephone    Operators    working    in    the    unit    of appointment of the Department 

as per rule 14 and 16.

Appointment  by  transfer  from  lower  categories  like  Record  Assistants, Office  Subordinates  

etc.,  working  in  the  unit  of  appointment  of  the Department as in Note 17.

By appointment of Junior Assistant and Assistant-cum-Typists working in the Subordinate Offices, 

where the unit of appointment is the Office of the Heads of Department or Directorate.

By Direct Recruitment. By Direct Recruitment. By Direct Recruitment.

Provided that in every cycle 10 Vacancies in the subordinate Offices, the Ist (first) vacancy shall 

be filed by appointment by transfer from the lower categories like Record Assistants or Attenders  

etc.,  working  in  the  unit  of  appointment  of  the  Department  in  the  District  as provided 

in the Note (17) and the 7th vacancy shall be filled by appointment by conversion from  the  

categories  of  Typists,  Junior  Stenographers  and  Telephone  Operators  working  in the unit of appointment of the Department in the District as per rules 14 and 16.

“Provided further that in every 10 vacancies in the Subordinate Offices of Registration and Stamps 

Department, the 2nd (Second), the 4th (fourth) and the 10th (tenth) vacancies shall be filled  by  

appointment  by  transfer  from  the  category  of  Section  Writer  of  Registration  and Stamps 

Department.

Provided  also  that  in  every  10  vacancies  in  the  State  Central  Library,  Hyderabad,  the  

10th (tenth) vacancy shall be filled by appointment by transfer from the category of Supervisor and 

Library Assistant in State Central Library, Hyderabad.

Provided  also  that  in  every  2nd  cycle,  the  10th  (tenth)  vacancy  in  the  stationery  

Wing  of Printing, Stationery and Stores Purchase Department/A.P. Text Book Press shall be filled 

by appointment  by  transfer  from  the  category  of  Warehouseman  in  the  Stationery  Wing  of 

Printing, Stationery and Stores Purchase Department/Andhra Pradesh Text Book Press.

Provided  also  that  in  every  2nd  cycle,  the  10th  (tenth)  vacancy  in  the  Collegiate  

Education Department  shall  be  filled  by  appointment  by  transfer  from  the  category  of  

Herbarium keeper and Museum Keeper in the Collegiate Education Department.”

(Vide G.O.Ms.No.471, G.A. (Ser.B) Dept., dt.24.10.2005)

Provided  also,  that  the  vacancies  earmarked  to  be  filled  by  appointment  by  transfer  

shall lapse, if eligible qualified candidates are not available for appointment by transfer  from 

any of  the  categories  mentioned  above  in  their  turn  and  consequently  such  vacancies  

shall  be filled up by direct recruitment.

(G.O.Ms.No.515, G.A. (Ser.B) Dept., dt.4.12.1999)

(G.O.Ms.No.286, G.A. (Ser.B) Dept., dt.22.6.2002)

NOTE (6): Unless otherwise provided for in any other Special Rules, the Special Category 

Stenographers and Senior Stenographers should be converted as Superintendents or Senior Assistants, 

as the case may be, before they are promoted or appointed by transfer to a higher post in the 

Department.

NOTE (7): For purposes of promotion to the category of Senior Assistant from the category of Junior 

Assistant or Assistant-cum-Typist, a combined seniority list of the categories of Junior 

Assistants, Assistant-cum-Typist i.e., category 3 and 4 of Class-A shall be prepared with reference 

to their date of first regular appointment to the respective categories.

NOTE  (8)  :  70%  of  the  substantive  vacancies  of  Typists  Junior  Stenographers,  Senior 

Stenographers  shall  be  filled  by  direct  recruitment  and  the  remaining  vacancies  shall  

be filled by promotion and other methods, as specified in Notes 13 and 14 in rule 3 and if no 

qualified person is available for appointment by other methods, the vacancies intended for them 

shall also be filled by direct recruitment."

(G.O.Ms.No. 515, GA. (Ser-B) Dept. dt. 4-02-1999)

NOTE  (9):  For  appointment  to  the  post  of  Superintendent  (Category  (1)  of  Class-A),  the 

conversion of Special Category Stenographer shall be against the 10th vacancy in a unit of 20 

vacancies in the respective unit, the other vacancies shall be filled by promotion.

NOTE (10): For appointment to the post of Senior Assistant (Category (2) of Class-A), the 

appointments shall be made in the following order:-

(a)     In a unit of 10 vacancies, the conversion of Senior Stenographers/U.D. Typist who are 

qualified shall be made against the 5th vacancy; and

(b)     the  rest  shall  be  filled  by  promotion  from  Junior  Assistants  and  Assistant-cum 

Typists i.e., Category(3) and (4) of Class-A from a combined seniority list of these two categories 

with reference to their dates of first regular appointment.

NOTE (11) (a) 80% of the posts of Telephone Operators (Category (5) of Class-A) shall be filled by 

direct recruitment; and

(b) the remaining vacancies shall be by conversion from other categories as provided in rule 14.

NOTE (12): In the matter of appointment to the category of Special Category Stenographer, the sixth 

vacancy in a unit of 10 vacancies shall be filled by promotion among U.D. Typists in any language 

if they are qualified for appointment as Special Category Stenographer and the remaining vacancies 

shall be filled by promotion among Senior Stenographers.

NOTE (13)               For appointment to the post of Senior Stenographer (Category 2 of Class B), 

 the  vacancies  shall  be  filled  in  a  unit  of  10  vacancies  as  indicated below:

1st Vacancy              By   promotion   from   among   qualified   Junior   Stenographer/   

Typist/ Assistant-cum-   Typist/   Lower   Division   Typist   in   EngIish/Telugu language.

2nd Vacancy              By Direct Recruitment. 3rd Vacancy              By Direct Recruitment. 4th 

Vacancy             By Direct Recruitment. 5th Vacancy             By Direct Recruitment.

6th Vacancy             By Transfer of Upper Division Typist in English/Telugu language, who is   

qualified for appointment to the post of Senior Stenographer.

7th Vacancy             By           promotion           from           among           qualified   

        Junior Stenographer/Typist/Assistant-cum-Typist/Lower   Division   Typist   in any 

language.

8th Vacancy             By Direct Recruitment. 9th Vacancy             By Direct Recruitment. 10th 

Vacancy           By Direct Recruitment.

Provided that if no qualified person is available in the category of Junior Stenographer, Typist, 

Assistant-cum- Typist and Lower Division Typists in English/Telugu languages are not available, the 

vacancy intended for that category shall be filled by Direct Recruitment."

(GO. Ms. No. 515, GA. (Ser-B) Dept. dt. 4-12-1999)

NOTE (14)               The appointments to the post of Junior Stenographer/Typist and the post of 

Lower Division Typist in any language shall be made in a unit of 10 vacancies in the following 

order:-

1st Vacancy

2nd Vacancy 3rd Vacancy 4th Vacancy

5th Vacancy 6th Vacancy 7th Vacancy

8th Vacancy 9th Vacancy 10th Vacancy

In the office of Heads of Departments and Directorates appointment by transfer   of   Junior   

Stenographer/Typist   working   in   the   Subordinate Offices under its administrative control.

By Direct Recruitment. By Direct Recruitment.

Appointment by conversion from the categories of Junior Assistants and Telephone   Operators   

working   in   the   unit   of   appointment   of   the Department as per rule 14.

By Direct Recruitment. By Direct Recruitment.

Appointment by transfer from lower categories like Record Assistants, Office  Subordinates  etc.,  

working  in  the  unit  of  appointment  of  the Department as in Note (17).

By Direct Recruitment. By Direct Recruitment. By Direct Recruitment.

Provided that the vacancies earmarked to be filled by the transferees shall be filled by direct 

recruitment, if eligible and qualified candidates are not available for appointment by transfer 

from any of the three categories mentioned above in their turn".

Provided that 1st vacancy in every cycle of 10 vacancies in the subordinate offices shall be  

filled  by  appointment  by  transfer  from  lower  categories  like  Record  Assistants,  Office 

Subordinates etc., in the unit of appointment of the department as in Note (17).

Provided  further  that  in  every  2nd  cycle,  the  10th  (tenth)  vacancy  in  the  Collegiate 

Education  Department  shall  be  filled  by  appointment  by  transfer  from  the  category  of 

Herbarium Keeper and Museum Keeper in the Collegiate Education Department,"

(GO. Ms. No. 471, GA. (Ser-B) Dept. dt. 24-10-2005)

Provided  also  that  the  vacancies  earmarked  to  be  filled  by  such  transferees  shall  be 

filled  by  direct  recruitment,  if  eligible  and  qualified  candidates  are  not  available  

for appointment by transfer from any of the categories mentioned above when their turn arises".

(GO. Ms. No. 286, GA. (Ser-B) Dept. dt. 22-6-2002)

NOTE  (15):  Notwithstanding  the  provisions  in  this  rule  (rule  3)  the  Typist  and  Junior 

Stenographer already working in the said category of posts on the date of issue of these rules 

shall  be  eligible  for  promotion  as  Senior  Assistant,  if  such  Typists  and  Junior  

Stenographers possess  the  qualifications  prescribed  in  these  rules  for  promotion  to  the  

post  of  Senior Assistants.

NOTE  (16):  No  person  working  as  a  Telephone  Operator  (Category  5  in  Class-A)  or  in  

any category  included  in  Class-B  in  rule-2,  shall  be  eligible  for  appointment  to  any  

category  in Class.A except as provided in rule 14 and 16.

Note (17)In the cycles mentioned in Notes (5) and (14) in respect of the appointments to the 

categories  of Junior  Assistant,  Assistant-cum-Typist,  Junior Stenographer and  Typists  from 

the  feeder  category  of  Record  Assistants  and  other  equivalent  categories  in  the  Andhra 

Pradesh  General  Subordinate  Service  and  Office  Subordinate  and  other  categories  in  the 

Andhra Pradesh Last Grade Service, eligible persons from these categories shall be divided into 

three groups as indicated below and the appointments as between the groups I, II  and III shall be 

in the ratio of 1:2:7 respectively, in a unit of 10 vacancies:

GROUP-I:       Lift Operators,  Motor Cycle Messengers, Drivers, Xerox Operators and Shroffs 

including cashiers;

GROUP-II:Record Assistants, Roneo Duplicating Operators;

GROUP-III:    Office    Subordinates,    Chowkidars,    Sweepers,    Scavengers,    Cycle Orderlies 

 and  other  categories  in  the  Andhra  Pradesh  Last  Grade Service.

Appointment   to   the   posts   of   Junior   Assistants,   Assistant-cum-Typist,   Junior 

Stenographers and Typists shall be made from among the above three groups, in the order of rotation 

specified below, in every cycle of ten vacancies:-

1st Vacancy         Group-I  2nd Vacancy        Group-II 3rd Vacancy        Group-III 4th Vacancy   

     Group-III 5th Vacancy        Group-III 6th Vacancy        Group-II 7th Vacancy        

Group-III 8th Vacancy        Group-III 9th Vacancy        Group-III 10th Vacancy         Group-III

(G.O.Ms.No.738, G.A.(Ser.B) Department, dated 22.12.2008)

4. APPOINTING AUTHORITY:

The appointing authority in respect of the posts included in this service shall be as follows.

Posts                                               Appointing authority

(1)                                                                (2)

(i) (a)

Offices     of      the     Heads     of Departments   and   Directorates except     the     Office 

    of     the Principal·   Chief   Conservator   of Forests    and    Office    of    the Director 

  General   and   Inspector General of Police:

The Head of the Department or any Gazetted Officer immediately  below  the  rank  of  the  Head  of 

 the Department nominated for the purpose by the Head of the Department.

(b)

(c)

All posts

Offices    of    the    Principal    Chief Conservator of Forests:

(1) Manager

(2)        Superintendent,        Senior Assistants,     Junior     Assistants, Stenographers,      

 Typists       and Telephone    Operators,    Assistant- cum-Typist.

Office  of  the  Director  General and Inspector General of Police:

Principal Chief Conservator of Forests.

Chief   Conservator   of   Forests   in   charge   of Establishment.

(d)

All posts

(i) All posts in the Office of the Advocate General

The  Assistant  Inspector  General  of  Police incharge of establishment.

Advocate General

(ii) (a)

(ii) All posts in the Office of the Public  Prosecutor,  High  Court of Andhra Pradesh.

(iii)  All  posts  in  the  Office  of the  Government  Pleaders,  High Court of Andhra Pradesh.

(iv) Regional Offices:

All posts

Other      Subordinate      Offices: (other than Non-ISF       Records Office,       Hyderabad,     

  Estate Officer.   Hyderabad,   Panchayat Raj         Department,         Police Department        

and        Forests Department)

(1) Posts· carrying pay scales of those  above  the  pay  scale  of  a Junior     Assistant     

(excluding Junior Assistant)

2) All other posts of and below the rank of the Junior Assistant.

(b)   Senior   Assistants,   Junior Assistants  in  the  Office  of  the Non-ISF Records, 

Hyderabad.

Public Prosecutor.

Special Officer.

(other than Police Department) The Regional Officer concerned.

where   there   is   a   Regional   Officer   such officer,  and where  there is  no such Officer. 

the Head of the Department or an Officer of the  Directorate  nominated.  by  the  Head  of the 

Department

The District Head of the Department or the Head of the Institution or such other Officer nominated. 

by the Head of the Departments as the case may be having jurisdiction over the area of the unit of 

appointment specified in role 13.

Deputy  Secretary  to  Government,  General Administration(poll)    Department    or    any other  

officer  not  lower  in  rank  than  the Deputy Secretary to Government in General Administration 

Department in charge of the establishment  of  the  Office  of  the  Non-ISF Records.

(d)

(e)

(c)    Senior    Assistants,    Junior Assistants,  and  Typists  in  the Office   of   the   

Estate   Officer, Hyderabad and Secunderabad.

Mandal    Parishads    and    Zilla Praja Parishads

(l) Posts    of    the    rank    above Junior   Assistants   in      Mandal Praja  Parishads  and  

Zilla  Praja Parishads

(2) other posts of and below the rank of Junior Assistant

Gram Panchayats:

(1)   Posts   above   the   rank   of Junior Assistants.

(2) All other posts of and below the rank of Junior Assistant.

Deputy    Secretary/    Joint    Secretary/Addl. Secretary        to        Government        

General Administration                     (Accommodation) Department.

District   Development   Officer,   Zilla   Praja Parishad.

Deputy  District  Development  Officer,  Zilla Praja Parishad.

District Collector.

District Panchayat Officer

(f)       Posts of Superintendents/Managers/Accountants in Police Department other than the 

Director General and Inspector General of Police Office.

Sl.No.         Name of the Offices in the Group                                 Appointing 

Authority/Unit Officer.

(1)                                                 (2)                                             

                   (3)

I.

II.

(i)  All  District  Police  Offices  in  Visakhapatnam Range     i.e.     Srikakulam,     

Vizianagararm     and Visakhapatnarm    and    Office    of    the    Deputy Inspector    General   

 of    Police,    Visakhapatnarm Range.

(ii) Office of the Commandant, V (Fifth) Battalion, Andhra Pradesh Special Police, Vizianagaram.

(i)  All  District  Police  Offices  in  Eluru  Range  i.e. East  Godavari,  West  Godavari  and  

Krishna  and Office  of  the  Deputy  Inspector General  of Police, Eluru Range.

(ii)   Office   of   the   Commandant,   III   Battalion, Andhra Pradesh Special Police, Kakinada.

Dy.  Inspector  General  of Police,        Visakhapatnam Range.

Deputy  Inspector  General of Police Eluru Range

III.

IV.

V.

VI.

VII. VIII.

(i) All District Police Offices in Guntur Range i.e Guntur,  Prakasam  and  Nellore  and  Office  

of  the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Guntur Range.

(ii)    Office    of    the    Commandant,    VI    (Sixth) Battalion,     Andhra     Pradesh     

Special     Police, Mangalagiri.

(i)  All  District  Police  Offices  in  Kurnool  Range

i.e.  Ananthapur,  Cuddapah,  Kurnool  and  Chittoor and  Office  of  the  Deputy  Inspector  

General  of Police, Kurnool Range.

(ii) Office   of   the   Commandant,   II   Battalion,

Andhra Pradesh Special Police, Kurnool

(i)  All  District  Police  Offices  in  Warangal  Range

i.e.    Warangal,    Khammam,    Karimnagar     and Adilabad   and   Office   of   the   Deputy   

Inspector General of Police, Warangal Range.

(ii)   Office   of   the   Commandant,   IV   (Fourth) Battalion,     Andhra     Pradesh     

Special     Police, Warangal.

(i) All District Police Offices in Hyderabad Range,

i.e.       Hyderabad,       Ranga       Reddy,       Medak, Mahabubnagar,   Nizamabad   and   

Nalgonda   and Office  of  the  Deputy  Inspector  General  of  Police, Hyderabad Range.

(ii)  Office  of  the  Commandant,  Special  Armed Reserve, Central Police Lines Hyderabad Range.

(iii)            Office     of     the     Commandant,     1st Battalion, Andhra Pradesh Police.

(iv)  Office  of  the  Deputy  Inspector  General  of Police, Andhra Pradesh Special Police, 

Battalions.

(v) Office of the Commandant, VII Battalion, Andhra Pradesh Special Police.

Police Training College, Ananthapur.

Office   of   the   Superintendent,   Railway   Police, Vijayawada.

Deputy  Inspector  General of Police, Guntur Range.

Deputy  Inspector  General of Police, Kurnool Range.

Deputy  Inspector  General of       Police,       Warangal Range.

Deputy  Inspector  General of      Police,      Hyderabad Range.

Principal,  Police  Training College, Ananthapur

Superintendent, Railway Police, Vijayawada.

IX.

X.

XI. XII.

Office of  the Superintendent, Railway Police,

Secunderabad

(i) Office of the Crime Branch, Investigation Department.

(ii) Office of the Intelligence Branch.

(iii) Police Transport Organisation.

(iv)     Office     of     the     Superintendent,     Police Communication.

Office of the Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad.

Office     of     the     Director,     Forensic     Science Laboratory.

Superintendent, Railway Police, Secunderabad.

Deputy  Inspector  General of Police, Hyderabad

Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad.

Director, Forensic Science Laboratory, Hyderabad.

Posts of Senior Assistants, Junior Assistants, Typists including Junior Stenos and Senior Stenos 

and other equivalent or lower posts in this service.

(1)                                                (2)                                              

                  (3)

I.

II.

III.

(a)  Office  of  the  Deputy  Inspector  General  of Police,    Vizianagaram,    Visakhapatnam    

Range, District  Police  Offices.  Visakhapatnam  and  Police Recruits School, Vizianagaram.

(b) Each other  office  in  Visakhapatnam Range namely  District  Police  Office,  Srikakulam  and 

Vth  Battalion,  Andhra  Pradesh  Special  Police, Vizianagaram.

(a)  Office  of  the  Deputy  Inspector  General  of Police,  Eluru  Range  and  District  Police  

Office, West Godavari.

(b)  Each  other  office  in  Eluru  Range  namely, District  Police  Offices,  East Godavari, 

Krishna and III  (third)  Battalion,  Andhra  Pradesh  Special  Police, Kakinada.

(c) Office of the Superintendent, Railway Police, Vijayawada.

(a)  Office  of  the  Deputy  Inspector  General  of Police,  Guntur  Range  and  District  Police  

Office. Guntur.

Superintendent    of    Police,. Visakhapatnam.

Head of the Office concerned.

Superintendent    of    Police. West Godavari.

Head of the Office concerned.

Superintendent.       Railway Police, Vijayawada.

Superintendent    of    Police; Guntur.

IV.

V.

(b)  Each  other  office  in  Guntur  Range  namely District Police Offices, Prakasam, Nellore and 

VI Battalion,      Andhra      Pradesh      Special      Police, Mangalagiri.

(a)  Office  of  the  Deputy  Inspector  General  of Police,  Kurnool  Range  and  Superintendent  

of Police, Kurnool.

(b)  Each  other  office  in  Kurnool  Range  namely District    Police    Offices    Cuddapah,    

Chittoor, Anantapur   and   office   of   the   Commandant   II (Second) Battalion, AndhraPradesh   

           Special Police, KurnooI.

(c) Police Training College, Anantapur.

(a)  Office  of  the  Deputy  Inspector  General  of Police,   Warangal   Range   and   District   

Police Office, Warangal.

Head of the Office concerned.

Superintendent of Police, Kurnool.

Head of the Office concerned.

Principal,     Police     Training College, Anantapur.

Superintendent of Police, Warangal

VI.

b)  Each  other  office  in  Warangal  Range  namely District  Police  Offices  Khammam,  

Karimnagar and  Adilabad  and  Office  of  the  Commandant  IV Battalion    Andhra    Pradesh    

Special,    Police, Warangal.

(a)  Office  of  the  Deputy  Inspector  General  of Police,   Hyderabad   Range   and   District   

Police Office, Ranga Reddy Dist. Hyderabad

(b)    Each    other    District    Police    Office    in Hyderabad          Range          namely 

         Medak, Mahabubnagar, Nizamabad and Nalgonda and VII Battalion,    Andhra    Pradesh    

Special    Police, Dichpalli, Nizamabad District.

(c)  Office  of  the  Deputy  Inspector  General  of Police,  Andhra  Pradesh  Special  Police,  

Battalion and  Commandant  1st  Battalion  Andhra  Pradesh Special Police Hyderabad.

(d) Office of the Special Armed Reserve, Central Police Lines, Amberpet.

(e) Office of the Superintendent, Railway Police, Secunderabad.

Head of the Office concerned.

Superintendent    of    Police, Ranga      Reddy      District, Hyderabad

Head       of the            Office concerned

Commandant, 1st Battalion, Andhra Pradesh Special Police.

Commandant, Special Armed Reserve, Central Police Lines.

Superintendent,          Railway Police, Secunderabad.

VII.

(a)    Office    of    the    Crime    Branch,    Criminal Investigation Department.

(b) Office of the Intelligence Branch.

(c) Office of the Superintendent, Police Communications.

(d) Police Transport Organisation

Superintendent,           Crime

Branch,                      Criminal Investigation      Department Hyderabad.

Superintendent of Police, Intelligence Hyderabad.

Superintendent of Police, Communication, Hyderabad

Police Transport Organisation, Hyderabad

VIII.

(e) Office of the Director, Forensic Science Laboratory.

Office     of     the     Commissioner     of     Police, Hyderabad.

Director, Forensic Science Laboratory.

Deputy Commissioner of Police incharge of Office Establishment.

Provided  that  the  Director  General  and  Inspector  General  of  Police  may,  with  the 

approval  of  the  Government,  nominate  any  other  officer,  other  than  those  mentioned  in 

Column (3) of the Table above, as the appointing authority in respect of posts in any of the 

Offices  mentioned  in  the  above  table  or  in  respect  of  any  other  Offices  in  the  

Police Department.

Provided  further  that  in  the  case  of  offices,  other  than  the  offices  of  Heads  of 

Departments and Directorates, the Head of Department may, with the approval of Government, nominate 

any other officer as appointing authority in respect of anyone or more categories in this service 

in respect of posts in an office or a group of offices in the unit or units specified in  rule  13  

and  the  provisions  of  the  Andhra  Pradesh  Public  Employment  (Organisation  of Local Cadres 

and Regulation of Direct Recruitment) Order, 1975.

5.       RESERVATION OF APPOINTMENTS:

(a) Reservation of appointment in favour of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward 

Classes:

The rule of Special representation (General Rule 22) shall apply to appointments by direct 

recruitment to  the various  posts in  this service provided  that  no reservation  shall be made 

for Physically Handicapped persons except as provided in sub-rule (b) of this rule.

(b) Reservation of appointment for Physically Handicapped persons:

General Rule 22 of the Andhra Pradesh State and Subordinate Service Rules, in so far as it relates 

to the reservation of vacancies for the physically handicapped persons, shall apply to each of the  

following  categories  in  each  Departmental  unit  referred  to  in  rule  13,  when  they  are 

appointed by direct recruitment

i.          Junior Assistants in the Offices of Heads of Departments and Directorates.

ii.         Junior Assistants in the Subordinate Offices.

m.        Telephone Operators.

iv.        Typists/Junior Stenos.

v.         Assistant-cum- Typist.

(GO. Ms. No. 378, GA. (Ser-B) Dept. dt. 17-12-2003)

(c) Reservation for women in appointment:

In the matter of direct recruitment to the various posts, women shall be selected to an extent of 

atleast 33 1/3% of posts in each category of Open Competition, Backward Classes (Group- A),  

Backward  Classes  (Group--B),  Backward  Classes  (Group-C),  Backward  Classes  (Group-D), 

Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes quota.

In  the  matter  of  direct  recruitment  to  posts  which  are  reserved  exclusively  for  being  

filled  by women, they shall be filled by women only.

(d)  In  the  case  of  appointment  by  direct  recruitment  in  the  Scheduled  areas,  a  person 

belonging  to  any  of  the  Scheduled  Tribes  specified  in  Schedule-I  of  the  Andhra  Pradesh 

State and Subordinate Service Rules. shall be entitled to selection in preference to any other 

persons.

6. QUALIFICATIONS:

(l)         No person shall be eligible for appointment to the categories specified in column
(I)  of Annexure-l to these rules by the method specified in column (2) thereof, unless he possesses the qualifications specified in the corresponding entry in column (3) thereof (2) No person shall be eligible for appointment to any post in the service either by direct  recruitment  or  by  appointment  by  transfer  or  by  promotion,  including  conversion, unless 
be possesses the Intermediate qualification and where a higher educational qualification is 
prescribed for such post, such higher qualification:
Provided  that  those  who  were  already  appointed  in  the  Offices  of  HOD  and Directorates 
in prior to 15th December, 1984 and those appointed in Offices other than the Heads of Departments 
and Directorates prior to 29-10-1987 shall be eligible for appointment as Junior Assistant etc., if 
they passed S.S.C.. or any equivalent examination.
"Provided   also   that   in   the   matter   of   appointment   by transfer/conversion/  promotion 
 to  any  post  in  the  service  for which     Intermediate     qualification     or     where     
a     higher educational     qualification     is     prescribed     as     the     basic 
qualification,    the    person    in    the    feeder    categories    who possesses higher 
qualification such as Bachelor’s Degree and/ or Post Graduation qualification directly from any 
University in India established or incorporated by or under a Central Act, State Act or Provincial 
Act or an Institution recognised by the University      Grants      Commission      or      any     
 equivalent qualification    without    the    basic    educational    qualification prescribed  
for  the  post  shall  also  be  eligible  for  appointment by    transfer/conversion    as    
Junior    Assistant    etc.    or    for promotion    to    the    post    of    Senior    
Assistant    along    with candidates who have the prescribed qualification."

(G.O. Ms. No. 568 G.A. (Ser.B) Department dt. 26-12-2005)

(3) Record Assistants and members of equivalent categories in other services and members of Andhra  

Pradesh  Last  Grade  Service  and  members  of any other  service, as  specified in rule 3, shall  

not  be  eligible  for  appointment  to  the  post  of  Junior  Assistant  or  Assistant-cum-  

Typist  in  the Offices  of  Heads  of  Departments  and  Directorates  unless  they  hold  a  

degree  of  a  University  in  India established or incorporated by or under a Central Act, 

Provincial Act or a State Act, or of an Institution recognised by the University Grants Commission, 

or any other equivalent qualifications and unless they have put in. not less than five years of 

regular service in such categories:

Provided that  those  appointed to  these  categories in  the  Offices  specified  in this  

sub-rule prior  to  31st  October,  1980  shall  be  eligible  for  appointment  by  transfer  to  

the  post  of  Junior Assistant or Assistant-cum-Typist even if they do not hold a degree of a 

University referred to above but they shall possess the following qualifications:

(i)(a)  Intermediate  Certificate  issued  by  the  Board  of  Intermediate  examination  or  its 

equivalent;

(b) Typewriting qualifications in higher grade wherever necessary., and

(ii)       put in not less than five years, regular service in such categories.

Provided further that service rendered in the category of Andhra Pradesh Last Grade Service  shall  

also  be  taken  as  qualifying  service  of  five  years  to  the  categories  of  Record 

Assistant and members of equivalent categories in other service for appointment to the post of 

Junior Assistant or Assistant-cum-Typist”

(G.O.Ms.No.738, G.A.(Ser.B) Department, dated 22.12.2008)

(4)         Record Assistants and members of equivalent categories in other services and members of 

Andhra Pradesh Last Grade Services as specified in rule 3 shall not be eligible for appointment by 

transfer to the posts of Junior Assistant, Assistant-cum-Typist, Typist and Junior Stenographer in 

the Subordinate Offices, viz., Offices other than the Heads of Departments and Directorates, unless 

they possess the qualification of pass in Intermediate Examination/ Typewriting Higher in Telugu 

and put in not less than five years of regular service in such categories:

Provided  that  those  appointed  prior  to  29-10-1987  may  be  considered  for  appointment  by 

transfer   to   the   posts   mentioned   above,   if   they   possess   the   Minimum   General   

Educational Qualification and other Technical Qualifications and put in not less than five years of 

regular service.

Provided further that service rendered in the category of Andhra Pradesh Last Grade Service  shall  

also  be  taken  as  qualifying  service  of  five  years  to  the  categories  of  Record 

Assistant and members of equivalent categories in other service for appointment to the post of 

Junior Assistant, Assistant-cum-Typist, Typist and Junior Stenographer”

(G.O.Ms.No.738, G.A.(Ser.B) Department, dated 22.12.2008)

(5)         No member of the service shall be eligible for appointment to the posts of 

Superintendent, Senior Assistant or Junior Assistant or Assistant-cum- Typist in the Office of the 

concerned Head of the  Department  or Directorate, as the  case  may be,  by transfer from its 

Subordinate Offices, under Notes (1), (2) and (4) under rule 3, unless he holds a Degree of a 

University in India established or incorporated by or under a Central Act, Provincial Act or a 

State Act or of an Institution recognised by the University Grants Commission or any other 

equivalent qualification.

(6)        No member of the service, shall be eligible for promotion or conversion to the posts of 

Superintendent in the Office of the Commissioner of Land Revenue, Office of the Commissioner for 

Survey, Settlement and Land Records and Commissioner for Land Reforms and Urban Land Ceilings

and  the  Directorate  of  Settlements,  Survey  and  Land  Records,  unless  he  has,  in  

addition  to  the prescribed  special  qualifications,  rendered  service  as  Revenue  Inspector  

in-charge  of  a  firka  for  a period of not less than one year.

(7)        No  Typist  or  a  Junior  Stenographer  shall  be  eligible  for  transfer  or  for  

conversion before  he  has  satisfactorily  completed  the  period  of  probation  in  the  post  

of  Typist  or  Junior Stenographer as the case may be.

(8) Telephone Operators shall not be eligible for conversion or for appointment as Junior 

Assistant, Assistant-cum-Typist  unless  they  have  satisfactorily  completed  the  period  of  

their  probation  in  the category of Telephone Operator.

(GO. Ms. No. 517, GA. (Ser-B) Dept. dt. 29-1O~1987)

(G.O. Ms. No. 568, GA. (Ser-B) Dept. dt. 26-12-2005)

7. AGE:

1. No person shall be eligible for appointment by direct recruitment to any post in this service, 

if he has completed 34 years of age on the first day of July of the year in which the notification 

for selection is made'

2.  Nothing  in  this  rule  shall  apply  in  the  case  of  appointment  of  any  person 

transferred   from   an   institution   belonging   to   a   Municipal   or   other   local   

authority   in consequence of transfer of such institution to the control of the State Government.

3.  The  upper  age  limit  prescribed  in  sub-rule  (1)  shall,  apply  also  to  posts,  the 

direct  recruitment  to  which  is  made  otherwise  than  by  the  Andhra  Pradesh  Public  

Service Commission.

4.  The  upper  age  limit  prescribed  in  sub-rule  (1)  shall  not  apply  to  the  posts  of 

Junior Assistants in the Non-ISF Records Office, Hyderabad.

5. Notwithstanding anything in sub-rule (1) :-

(a)        The  age  limit  of  emergency  candidates  selected  by  District  Collectors  in 

accordance  with  G.O.Ms.No.443,  General  Administration  (SER.A)  Department,  dated  the 14th 

August, 1973 shall not exceed 28  years as on the 1st January, 1973 after deducting the temporary 

service with or without break, put in by them; and .

(b)        the age limit shall be raised in the case of emergency employees belonging to Backward 

Classes/Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes by five years and after deducting the temporary service 

with or without break put in by them.

(GO. Ms. No. 188, GA. (Ser-B) Dept. dt. 20-4-2006)

8. MINIMUM SERVICE:

Unless otherwise specified in these rules no person shall be eligible for appointment by  transfer  

or  promotion  unless  he  has  put  in  not  less  than  three  years  of  service  in  the 

category from which such promotion or appointment by transfer is made:

. Provided. that the person converted from one category to another shall commence his probation 

afresh in the category to which he is converted and takes the rank below the last probationer in 

the converted category.

9. PROBATION:

(1)(a) Every person appointed by direct recruitment to any of the posts shall, from the date on 

which he commences probation, be on probation for a total period of two years on duty within a continuous period of three years.

(b) Every person appointed to any of the posts either by promotion or by appointment by transfer 

shall, from the date on which he commences probation, be on probation for a total period of one 

year on duty within a continuous period of two years.

(2) The  period  of  service  rendered  as  Deputy  Tahsildar  in  the  Andhra  Pradesh  Revenue 

Subordinate Service shall not  count  for probation  in the category of Superintendents in the 

Office of the Commissioner of Land Revenue.

(3) The  period  of  service  rendered  as  Assistant  Commercial  Tax  Officer  in  the  Andhra 

Pradesh Commercial Taxes Subordinate Service shall not count for probation in the category of 

Superintendents in the Office of the Commissioner of Commercial Taxes.

(4) Every person who has been converted from one category to another under rule 14 shall commence 

his probation in the converted category from the date of conversion.

(5) The   period   of   service   rendered   as   Manager   (Co-operative   Sub-Registrar),   or   

as Superintendent (Senior Inspector of Co-operative Societies) in the Office of the Registrar of 

"Co-operative   Societies   shall   count   for   probation   in   the   category   of   Manager   

or Superintendents or Senior Assistants, as the case may be, in the said Office.

10. TRAINING:

(1)(a) Every person selected by the Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission or any  other  

competent  authority  for  appointment  to  any  post  in  this  service  by  direct recruitment,  

shall  undergo  training  for  a  period  of  not  less  than  three  months  or  for  such period 

as the Government may prescribe from time to time.

(aa) Every person promoted as Senior Assistant from the category of Typist and the Junior 

Stenographer shall undergo training for a period of three months.

(G.O.Ms.No.144, G.A.(Ser.B) Department, Dated 12.5.2003)

(b)  Every  person  appointed  to  the  service  by  direct  recruitment  shall,  before  the 

commencement of training, execute an agreement in such form as may be prescribed by the Government  

that he serves the State  Government  for  a period  of  not less than  three  years after the 

completion of training referred to in clause (a).

(c) He will be liable to refund to the Government the pay and allowances and any other remuneration 

received by him in addition to the amount spent by the Government on his training:-

(i)         if he fails to serve the State Government for a period of three years after the 

completion of his training, for any reason; or

(ii)        if he discontinues the training or is discharged from training course for misconduct or 

any other reason; or" _

(iii)       if   he   secures   any   other   employment   elsewhere   than   under   the   State 

Government.

(d)        The period of training shall count for purpose of probation, increments leave and 

pension.

(e)        A direct recruit shall be eligible, during the period of training, for the initial pay 

of the post with usual allowances admissible at the place of training:

Provided that the appointing authority, may, in deserving cases, exempt a candidate from  

undergoing  the  course  of  training  prescribed  for  the  relevant  post,  if  the  candidate concerned has rendered previously a satisfactory service for a minimum period of six months in  a  

temporary  capacity  in  the  concerned  category  of  the  service  or  in  the  corresponding 

category in any other service of the State Government:

Provided   further   that   notwithstanding   the   exemption   granted   from   undergoing 

training, he shall execute the agreement prescribed in clause (b) of this sub-rule.

(2)  Every  member  of  Service,  if  so  required  by  the  Head  of  the  Department  or  a 

higher  authority to  undergo any  further special training,  shall undergo such further  special 

training if any.

11.TESTS:

(a)        A  person  appointed  by  direct  recruitment  shall  pass  such  tests  as  may  be 

prescribed by the Government from time to time in respect of the relevant category.

(b)        No person shall be eligible for promotion or appointment by transfer to the posts   

mentioned   in   Annexures-II   unless   he   has   passed   the   tests   or   acquired   such 

qualifications, as are prescribed in the said Annexure.

(c)        Where a test is newly prescribed for appointment to a category or grade, the members 

holding post in the said category or grade, shall, within a period of two years from the date of 

prescribing the test, pass the said tests failing which their annual increments in the category or 

grade shall be stopped without cumulative effect and their confirmation shall also be withheld till 

such time that he passes the test.

12. TRANSFERS AND POSTINGS:

(1) Transfers and postings within a unit of appointment:

Subject to the other provisions in this rule, the appointing authorities specified in rule 4 or as 

other Subordinate authority who may be authorised in this behalf shall be competent to  effect  the 

 transfers  and  postings  of  persons  in  the  respective  categories  within  the  units 

specified in rule 13.

(2) Other Transfers:

Junior Assistants, Typists/Junior Stenographers or Assistant-cum- Typists i.e., those included in 

Categories (3) and (4) of Class-A and Category-4 of Class-B may be transferred from the Subordinate 

Offices to the Offices of the Heads of Departments and Directorates:

Provided that they satisfy the qualifications prescribed for direct recruitment to such posts.

(3) Transfers from local cadres to Regional Offices:

In respect of Regional Offices exercising territorial jurisdiction over more than one District  or  

over  more  than  one  zone  and  which  office  constitutes  a  separate  unit  of appointment,  

in  respect  of  certain  categories,  those  categories  of  posts  can  be  filled  up  by 

transfer of persons holding equivalent categories of posts in the local cadres located within the 

area over which that office has territorial jurisdiction and vice-versa.

(4) Transfers of probationers and approved probationers:

Notwithstanding anything contained in rules 18, 19, 20 and 21 all the transfers of probationers and 

approved probationers either on administrative grounds or on request of the individuals from the 

unit of the office of the Head of the Department originally allotted, to another unit of the office 

of the Head of the Department or to the Offices notified as State level offices or Special  

Offices,  to  which  the  Andhra  Pradesh  Public  Employment  (Organisation  of  Local Cadres and Regulation of Direct Recruitment) Order, 1975, does not apply may be made by the  Head  

of  the  Department  concerned  with  the  concurrence  of  the  other  Head  of  the Department, 

subject to the condition that their seniority shall be regulated in accordance with the provisions 

contained in rule 15 of these rules.

13.UNIT OF APPOINTMENT:

Departmental Unit, recruitment, discharge and re-appointment:

For   purposes   of   direct   recruitment,   promotion,   appointment   by   transfer, seniority, 

discharge and re-appointment and appointment as full member to a service and such other matters as 

may be specified by the State Government, a Departmental unit shall mean:-

(a) each office of a Head of the Department or the Directorate as the case may be: Provided that in 

the case of. Irrigation, Roads and Buildings and Panchayat Raj

Engineering Departments, all the Offices of Chief Engineers including the Offices of

Engineer-in-Chiefs in each Department shall constitute one unit: .

Provided  further  that  the  offices  of  the  Commissioner  of  Land   Revenue, Commissioner  of  

Settlements,  Survey  and  Land  Records,  Commissioner  of  Land Reforms and Urban Land Ceilings, 

shall constitute a single unit:

Provided also that the office of the Director of Anti-corruption Bureau and the Offices Subordinate 

to it in the State shall be treated as a single unit for all purposes.

(b)  each  office  of  a  State  Level  Office/State  Level  Institution  notified  under Andhra 

Pradesh Public Employment (Organisation of Local Cadres and Regulation of Direct    Recruitment)    

Order,    1975    or    a    combination    of    such    State    Level Offices/Institutions  into 

 which  several  such  Offices/Institutions  are  grouped  by  an order of the Head of the 

Department or the Directorate, issued with the prior approval of the Government;

(c) each of the Special Offices and Special Establishments notified under the Andhra Pradesh Public 

Employment (Organisation of Local Cadres and Regulation of Direct Recruitment) Order, 1975, unless 

otherwise specified by an order to be issued by the Head of the Department, with the prior approval 

of the State Government;

(d)  in  the  case  of  posts  which  are  within  the  purview  of  the  Andhra  Pradesh Public   

Employment   (Organisation   of   Local   Cadres   .and   Regulation   of   Direct Recruitment) 

Order, 1975;

(i) each department in each District or a group of offices in a part of the District into which the 

several offices in a District in that Department may be grouped, by  an  order  of  the  Head  of  

the  Department  issued  with  the  approval  of  the Government for the categories of posts the 

minimum of the scale of pay which is  equivalent  to  or  less  than  the  minimum  of  the  scale  

of  pay  of  Junior Assistants;

(ii) each Department in each zone specified in the second schedule to the Andhra Pradesh Public 

Employment (Organisation of Local Cadres and Regulation of Direct Recruitment) Order, 1975 or a 

group of zones, as may be specified by the  Government  by  an  order  under  the  said  

Presidential  Order,  1975;  or  an administrative unit or units to be specified in a zone for all 

categories of posts, the minimum of the scale of pay of the post of Junior Assistants, by an order 

to be issued by the Head of the Department with the approval of the Government;

and

(e) in all other cases, the unit of appointment shall be, as may be specified by an order of the 

Head of the Department, with the prior approval of the Government.

14.   CONVERSION   AS   BETWEEN   JUNIOR   ASSISTANTS/   TYPISTS   /JUNIOR STENOS/      TELEPHONE   OPERATORS,      ASSISTANT-CUM-TYPISTS      AND TRANSFERS    BETWEEN    CATEGORIES    OF JUNIOR    ASSISTANTS    AND TYPISTS/JUNIOR   STENOGRAPHERS   AND TELEPHONE   OPERATORS   AND ASSISTANT -CUM-TYPISTS:

(a) Any person working in a post in the category in column (1) of the table below, shall be 

eligible for conversion to the category in column (2) that of if he possesses the qualifications 

prescribed  for  appointment  by  direct  recruitment  to  the  latter  post  and  is  suitable  

for  such appointment and has satisfactorily completed the period of probation in the category in 

column (1).

(1)

Assistant      -cum-      Typist,      Junior Assistant,        Typist        or        Junior 

Stenographer.

Junior     Assistant,     Typist,     Junior Stenographer, Telephone Operator.

Assistant-cum-Typist,   Typist,   Junior Stenographer, Telephone Operator.

Assistant-cum-Typist, Junior Assistant or Telephone Operator.

(2)

Telephone Operator

Assistant –cum- Typist Junior Assistant

Typist/ Junior Stenographer.

(b)  Typist  and  Junior  Stenographers  and  Telephone  Operators  in  the  Offices  of  Heads  of 

Departments  and  Directorates  shall-not  be  eligible  for  conversion  as  Junior  Assistants  

or Assistant-cum-  Typists,  unless  they.  hold  a  degree  of  a  University  in  India  

established  or incorporated  by  or  under  a  Central  Act,  Provincial  Act  or  State  Act  or  

of  an  institution recognised   by   the   University   Grants   Commission,   or   possess   any  

 other   equivalent qualifications;

Provided that those appointed to the aforesaid categories in the Offices specified in this sub-rule 

prior to the 31 It October, 1980 and had passed the two paper test OR General Educational  Test  of 

 Group-IV  standard  conducted  by  the  Andhra  Pradesh  Public  Service Commission shall be 

eligible for promotion to the post of Senior Assistant or for conversion to the post of Junior 

Assistant:

Provided   further   that   the   Non-Graduate   Junior   Assistants,   Typists   and   Junior 

Stenographers appointed after the 31st October, 1980 and appeared for the Special General 

Educational  Test  of  Degree  Standard  conducted  by  the  Andhra  Pradesh  Public  Service 

Commission in pursuance of the orders issued by Government from time to time and passed the said 

test shall also be eligible for appointment as Junior Assistant by conversion, or for promotion to 

the post of Sr. Assistant

(c)  Typists  or  Junior  Stenographers  and  Telephone  Operators  shall  not  be  eligible  for 

conversion as Junior Assistant in the Subordinate Offices i.e., Offices other than· the Heads

of  Departments  and  Directorates,  unless  they  have  passed  the  Intermediate  Examination 

conducted  by  the  Andhra  Pradesh  State  Board  of  Intermediate  Education  or  its  equivalent 

examination:

Provided that those appointed prior to 29.10.1987 to the categories mentioned in this sub-rule are 

eligible for conversion as Junior Assistants or for promotion as Senior Assistants in the 

Subordinate Offices if they possess Minimum General Educational Qualification.

(GO. Ms. No. 114, GA. (Ser-B) Dept. dt. 9-11-2003)

15.SENIORITY:

(1)  Service  rendered  in  a  post  or  group  of  posts  bearing  a  distinct  designation  and 

included in a category as constituted by rule (2). shall count for seniority in such category. post 

 or  group  of  posts  irrespective  of  the  Department  or  Office  in  which  such  service  was 

rendered:

Provided that;

(i)  in the case of a person those services are lent from one Department or office to another, the 

service rendered by him in any higher post in the Department or office to which his services were 

lent shall count for seniority in the parent Department or office only from the date of regular 

appointment to such higher post, in the parent Department or office;

(ii)  the  seniority  of  a  member  of  the  service  who  is  transferred  on  administrative 

grounds  from  one  department  or  office  or  unit  of  appointment  to  another  department  .or 

office  or  unit  of  appointment  shall  be  fixed  in  the  latter  department  or  office  or  

unit  with reference to the date of his first appointment in the former department or office or 

unit;

(iii)  the  seniority  of  a  member  of  the  service  who  is  transferred  at  his  own  request 

from one department or office or unit of appointment to another department or office or unit of 

appointment shall be fixed in the latter department or office or unit with reference to the date of 

his first appointment in the latter department or office or unit;

(2) (i) The seniority of a member of the service who is appointed by conversion from the post of 

Special Category Stenographer to the post of Superintendent or from the post of Senior  

Stenographer  or  U.D.  Typist  to  the  post  of  Senior  Assistant  shall  be  fixed  with 

reference  to  the  date  of  his  first  appointment  as  Special  Category  Stenographer  or  

Senior Stenographer or UD. Typist as the case may be.

(2) (ii) The seniority of a member of service who is appointed by conversion from the post of 

Junior Stenographer / Typist to the post of Junior Assistant or Assistant-cum-Typist after 

14.7.1998 shall be fixed with reference to the date of his first appointment as Junior 

Stenographer/ Typist as the case may be.

Provided  that  the  seniority  of  the  Junior  Assistants,  who  were  already  promoted  as 

Senior Assistants shall be protected.

(G.O.Ms.No.491, G.A.(Ser.B) Department, Dated 5.8.2008)

(3) The seniority of a Telephone Operator converted as Junior Assistant or Typist or Junior  

Stenographer  or  Assistant-cum-Typist  shall  be  fixed  in  the  latter  category  from  the date 

of such appointment to the latter category.

(4)  The  seniority  of  a  Superintendent,  Senior  Assistant  and  Junior  Assistant  or  Typist  

or Junior  Steno  or  Assistant-cum-  Typist  transferred  and  appointed  as  Superintendent,  

Senior. Assistant or. Junior Assistant or Typist or Junior Steno or Assistant-cum- Typist in the 

Office of the concerned Head of the Department or Directorate in terms of Note (1) , (2) and (4) of

rule  3  shall  be  determined  .with  reference  to  the  date  of  his  joining  as  

Superintendent  or Senior Assistant or Junior Assistant or Typist or Junior Steno or 

Assistant--cum- Typist, as the case may be, in the unit of office to which he is transferred.

(5)  The  members  of  the  service  working  in  the  Government  House  Department, Hyderabad 

including the Guest House there under, may be transferred to the Andhra Pradesh Guest  House,  New  

Delhi  and  Vice-versa,  subject  to  the  condition  that  the  seniority  of  a member  who  is  

transferred  on  administrative  grounds  shall  be  fixed  with.  reference  to  the date  of  his 

 appointment  in  the  Department  or  office  from  which  he  is  transferred;  the seniority of 

member who is transferred at his own request shall be fixed with reference to the date of his 

appointment in the department or office to which he is transferred.

(6)  A  person  converted  from  one  category  to  another  under  rule-14  except  the categories 

mentioned in rule 15(2)(ii) shall take his seniority in the converted category from the date of 

commencement of probation in the latter category and shall be ranked below the last probationer in 

the latter category, as on the date of commencement of probation of such person in the latter 

category.

(G.O.Ms.No.491, G.A.(Ser.B) Department, Dated 5.8.2008)

16.PROMOTION AND ABSORPTION OF STENOGRAPHERS AND TYPISTS: .

(a)  No  member  of  the  service  shall  be  eligible  for  appointment,  from  the  post 

mentioned in column (1) of the table below to the post mentioned in column (2), unless he has put 

in satisfactory service for minimum period in the category specified in column (3) thereof. and 

acquired the other qualifications referred to in Column (3)

THE TABLE

(1)                                   (2)                                             (3)

(1)

(2)

Special             Category Stenographers  who  has opted  for  absorption  in clerical line

Senior Stenographers who has opted for absorption in clerical line.


Superintendent


Senior Assistant.

(i)Two years service as Special Category Stenographer.
(ii)Must have passed Departmental or Special Tests or both prescribed for
the post of Superintendent in the Department or Office concerned as
Specified in Annexure-II.


(i)Two years service as Stenographer.
(ii)Must have passed Departmental or Special Tests or both prescribed for the
post of Senior Assistant in the Department or Office concerned as
Specified in Annexure-II.


"(b). A Telephone operator opting for absorption in clerical line, shall first be converted to the
category of Junior Assistant / Assistant-cum-Typist / Typist/Junior Stenographer and put in
satisfactory service of one year in such category and shall have passed the departmental or other
special tests prescribed in Annexure-II for promotion as Senior Assistant."
(GO. Ms. No. 144, GA. (Ser-B) Dept. dt. 12-5-2003)

17.REVISION AND REVIEW OF ORDERS OF PROMOTION OR APPOINTMENT BY TRANSFER:

An  order  of  appointment  by  transfer  or  promotion  of  a  member  of  a  service  or  class  

to  a category, grade of post therein, made by the competent authority may, within a period of six 

months from the date of such order, be revised by an authority to which an appeal would lie against 

an order of dismissal passed against a full member of the service, class, category or grade, as the 

case may be. Such revision may be made by appellate authority aforesaid either on its own motion or 

otherwise:

Provided  that  where  the  Government  are  the  appellate  authority  they  may  revise  such  an 

order after the expiry of the period of six months aforesaid for special and sufficient reasons to 

be recorded in writing:

Provided further that no order of revision under this rule shall be passed unless the persons· 

affected adversely thereby are given an opportunity of making their representations against the 

revision proposed:

Provided also that notwithstanding anything in this rule, the State Government may, of its own 

motion or otherwise, review any order or revision if it was passed under any mistake, whether  of 

fact, or  of  Law  or  of any  rules  or  in  ignorance of  any  material fact or  for  any other  

sufficient  cause,  and  the  provisions  contained  in  the  foregoing  second  proviso  shall

apply in respect of any order under this proviso.

18.LIST OF APPROVED CANDIDATES FOR CERTAIN CATEGORIES AND POSTS:

(1)  Subject  to  the  provisions  of  rule  19  there  shall  be  one  list  of  approved  

candidates  for appointment  by  direct  recruitment  to  the  posts  of  Junior  Assistants  taken 

 together  and another  list  of  approved  candidates  for  appointments  by  direct  recruitment  

to  the  posts  of Typists and Junior Stenographers and another list for appointment by direct 

recruitment to the post of Assistant-cum- Typist.

(2) Such lists shall be drawn up by the Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission separately for 

each departmental unit in two parts:-

(i) for offices and institutions other than those solely managed by, or intended for, women; and ,

(ii) for offices and institutions solely managed by, or intended for, women.

19.PREPARATION OF LISTS OF APPROVED CANDIDATES:

The lists referred to in rule 18 shall be prepared in accordance with the application made  

annually  to  the  Commission  by  the  appointing  authority  for  the  departmental  unit 

concerned or, if there are more than one appointing authority in the unit, by the authority to be 

nominated for the purpose by the Head of the Department.

20.PERMANENT ALLOTMENT OF CANDIDATES TO DEPARTMENTAL UNITS AND THEIR APPOINTMENT:

The  candidates  included  by  the  Commission  in  the  list  for  .  each  departmental  unit 

shall be regarded as permanently allotted to the Department of which that unit forms part and 

appointments  to  the  service  in  each  unit  shall  be  made  from  the  list  for  that  unit  

by  the appointing authority for the unit:

Provided  that.  if  there  is  more  than  one  appointing  authority  in.  the  unit,  such 

appointments shall be made in consultation with the authority nominated for the purpose by the Head 

of the Department.

21.CANDIDATES   ALLOTTED   BUT   NOT   ACTUALLY       EMPLOYED   IN   A DEPARTMENTAL UNIT:

A candidate included in the list for a departmental unit but not actually employed for the time 

being in the department of which that unit forms part may. with the consent of the appointing  

authority  for  the  departmental  unit  or  if  there  are  more  than  one  appointing authority  

in  the  unit  with  the  consent  of  the  authority  nominated  for  the  purpose  by  the Head  

of  the  Department.  be  appointed  temporarily  in  any  office  in  the  corresponding 

departmental unit of any other department, if no candidate is available from the current list for  

the  latter  departmental  unit;  but  such  temporary  appointment  shall  not  count  for 

probation in the service and shall cease if the candidate is required to fill a vacancy in the 

departmental unit to which he has been allotted.

22. LIST OF PROBATIONERS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS:

As soon as a candidate is placed on probation in a department, a Service Book shall be opened for 

him by the appointing authority and his name shall be removed from the list of approved candidates 

and shall be transferred to the list of probationers in the administrative unit. The latter list 

shall be maintained separately for each of the administrative units by an officer nominated for the 

purpose by the Head of the Department.

A probationer or an approved probationer may be employed in any of the offices of the Department 

within the administrative unit.

23.ALLOTMENT OF CANDIDATES WITH SPECIAL QUALIFICATIONS:

When  a  candidate  is  required  to  fill  any  post  for  which  special  qualifications  are 

prescribed  by  these  rules,  the  order  indicated  in  the  list  of  approved  candidates  may  

be departed  from  in  so  far  as  such  departure  may  be  necessary  in  order  to  secure  the 

appointment of a candidate possessing such special qualifications.

24.FAILURE  OF  APPROVED  CANDIDATES  /  DISCHARGED  PROBATIONERS  AND APPROVED PROBATIONERS TO JOIN DUTY WHEN REQUIRED:

When  an  approved  candidate,  or  a  probationer  or  an  approved  probationer  who  has  been 

discharged from the service for want of vacancy, fails without adequate reason, to join, when 

directed to do so by the competent authority, the duty on a post in the service, the pay of which 

is, if it is on a time scale of pay not less than that of a Junior Assistant or if it is on a fixed 

rate of pay, not less than the minimum of the pay scale of a Junior Assistant, his name shall 

forthwith be removed

.from the list of approved candidates or, as the case may be, from the list of probationers or 

approved probationers by an Order of that authority. In the case of an approved probationer such 

order shall be passed after observing the procedure prescribed in the Andhra Pradesh Civil Services 

(Classification, Control  and  Appeal)  Rules,  1991.  An  approved  candidate,  a  probationer  or 

 an  approved probationer whose name has been removed from the list of approved candidates or, as 

the case may be, from the list of probationers or approved probationers by an order so passed by 

the competent authority, shall not be eligible for appointment again on the' basis of the inclusion 

of his name in the said list.

Explanation: For the purpose of this rule, the competent authority shall be the officer nominated 

by the Head of the Department to maintain the list of probationers for the administrative unit.

25. SEPARATE LIST OF APPROVED CANDIDATES:

For each of the categories, other than those specified in rule 18 to which recruitment has to be 

made  through  the  Andbra  Pradesh  Public  Service  Commission  or  any  other  agency  specified 

 by Government from time to time, in respect of any category, a separate list of approved 

candidates shall be drawn up by the Commission or such other agency as may be specified by 

Government in respect of any category.

26. SECURITIES:

(1) The Head of the Department shall prepare a list of posts, the holders of which shall be 

required to deposit security for the due and faithful performance of duties attached to such posts, 

and obtain  the  approval  of  Government  for  such  list. The Head of the Department  or such 

other officer, as may be specified by him, shall thereafter obtain security from the holders of 

such posts, in such manner as may be specified by the Head of the Department.

(2) When a member of the· service who has furnished security takes leave, other than casual leave, 

or is deputed to other duty, the person who is appointed to officiate for him  shall be  required 

to furnish the full amount of the security prescribed for the post.

27.MEMBERS DESIRING COURSES OF STUDY NOT CONNECTED WITH PROBATION:

(1) A  member  of  a  service  who  desires  to  undergo  any  course  of  study  which,  though  

not essentially connected with his probation is likely to enhance his usefulness as a member of the 

service

shall, on his application, be permitted by the competent authority,  as is referred to in rule 4 to 

undergo the  desired  course  of  study.  He  shall  also  be  granted  the  entire  amount  of  

leave,  if  any, admissible under the rules applicable to him, if, but for such leave, he would 

have continued to be on duty.

(2)  Notwithstanding  anything  in  the  General  Rules  regulating  seniority,  such  probationer 

shall, on the completion of the course of study, be entitled to reappointment according to the rank 

and seniority held by him in his category before undergoing the said course of study for increments 

in the time scale of pay applicable to him, if, but for his absence from the service (whether  on  

leave  or  otherwise)  for  undergoing  the  said  course  of  study,  he  would  have continued to 

be on duty

(3) This rule shall not have the effect of excluding the period of absence during the course of 

study in computing the continuous period within which the prescribed period of probation has to be 

completed. under rule 8.

(BY ORDER AND IN THE NAME OF THE GOVERNOR OF ANDHRA PRADESH)

N. V. H . SASTRY,

SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT(SERVICES).

To

The Commissioner, Printing, Stationery and Stores Purchase, Chanchalguda, Hyderabad for publication 

in extraordinary Andhra Pradesh Gazette and supply of 3000 Gazette copies.

All Departments of Secretariat. All Heads of Departments.

All the District Collectors. The Law (E) Department.

All Administrative Sections in G.A.D.

The Secretary. A.P.Public Service Commission, Hyderabad. (10 copies)

ANN E X U R E -I (Rule 6(1)] QUALIFICATIONS

Class & Category                          Method of recruitment

Qualifications

1. Cost Accountant,        Commercial Accountant,   Commercial   Auditor.' Internal   Auditor,   

Auditors   in   the rank of Superintendents. "

3.  Junior  Assistants  in  the  offices  of Heads       of       Departments       and 

Directorates.

Junior Assistants in the Governor's household establishment.

Junior Assistant in the Offices other than Heads    of    Departments    and Directorates.

Junior  Assistant  in  the Offices  other than Heads of      Departments      and Directorates.

By Posting of Superintendents.

By direct

recruitment or

by appointment by transfer.

By direct

By direct recruitment

By appointment by transfer.

Must possess a Bachelor's Degree in   Commerce   or   Accountancy from   any   University   in   

India established  or  incorporated by  or under  a  Central  Act.  State  Act  or Provincial  Act  

or  an  Institution recognized    by    the    University Grants      Commission      or      any 

equivalent qualifications.

Must hold a Bachelor's Degree of any       University       in       India established  or  

incorporated  by or under a Central Act, State Act or Provincial  Act  or  an  Institution 

recognised    by    the    University Grants     Commission     or     any equivalent 

qualification.

(i) Must hold a Bacholer's Degree of    any    University    in    India established or 

incorporated by or under a Central Act, State Act or Provincial  Act  or  an  Institution 

recognised    by    the    University Grants     Commission     or     any equivalent 

qualification.

(ii)    Must    have    passed    type writing  (English)  by  the  Lower Grade.

Must   have   passed   Intermediate Examination    conducted    by    the Andhra  Pradesh  State  

Board  of Intermediate  Examination  or  its equivalent Examination.

(a)     Must     have     passed     the Intermediate Examination conducted by   the   Andhra   

Pradesh   State Board            of            Intermediate Examination or its equivalent 

Examination.

Junior  Assistants  in  the  Non-  ISF Records Office Hyderabad.

4.   Assistant-cum-   Typist   in      the offices   of   Heads   of   Departments/ Directorates.

By direct recruitment.

By any method

(b) Must have put in not less than

5  years  service  in  the  relevant feeder category.

Must be retrenched  employees  of the    Army    Possessing   sufficient experience  in  "A"  "AC"  

"QM" Sections   with   the   knowledge  of batch organization and demobili- zation and conversant 

in the Urdu and    English    preference    being given to retrenched employees of the  

Ex-Hyderabad  Army  (Non- ISF)     possessing     the     above qualification.

i) Must hold a Bachelor's Degree of any       -University       in       India established or 

incorporated by or under  a  Central  Act,  Provincial Act.  or  an  Institution  recognised by     

 the      University      Grants Commission    or    any    equivalent qualification.

ii) Must have passed                 the Government Technical examination in Typewriting by the 

Higher   Grade   in   Telugu   on   a Government Standard Key Board.

iii)  Provided  that  if  persons  with the    qualifications    prescribed    in item  (ii)  above 

 are  not  available candidates  who  have  passed  the above examination in Typewriting by Lower  

Grade  may  if  otherwise qualified be appointed.

iv)       Provided       further       that candidates         who          possess Typewriting     

  qualification       in English  by  Lower  Grade  besides the   qualifications   mentioned   in 

items (ii) and (iii) above shall be given preference for appointment

. by direct recruitment.

4.  Assistant  -  cum-Typist  in the   sub-offices   other   than offices       of       Heads      

 of Departments & Directorates.

By any method of appointment.

Note   :   "If   sufficient  number   of candidates    with    Telugu    Type writing    

qualifications    are    not available    for    appointment    by direct recruitment as Typists 

candidates   with   English   Type writing    qualification    may    be appointed subject to the 

condition that   he/she   should   acquire   the Telugu            Type            writing 

qualification within the period of probation        on        pain        of postponement      of   

   increment without cumulative effect."

i)     Must     have     passed     the Intermediate               examination conducted by the 

Andhra Pradesh State    Board    of    Intermediate Examination   or   its   equivalent 

examination.

ii)     Must     have     passed     the Government                    Technical Examination   in   

Typewriting   by the  Higher  Grade  in  Telugu  on Government Standard Key Board.

iii)  Provided  that  if  persons  with the    qualification    prescribed    in item  (ii)  above  

are  not  available candidates  who  have  passed  the above examination in typewriting by   Lower  

 Grade   if   otherwise qualified be appointed.

iv)     .     Provided     further     that candidates    who    possess    Type writing  

qualifications  in  English by    Lower    Grade    besides    the qualifications  mentioned  in  

items

(ii) and  (iii)  above  shall  be  given preference   for   appointment   by direct recruitment.

Note:   "If   sufficient   number   of candidates          with          Telugu Typewriting  

qualification  are  not available    for    appointment    as

5. Telephone Operator.

Class – B

1.           Special           Category Stenographer.

2. Senior Stenographer (English or Telugu).

By any method of appointment.

By promotion.

By direct recruitment

Typists-        candidates        with English                       Typewriting qualification   

may   be   appointed subject  to  the  condition  that  he/ she      should      acquire      

Telugu Typewriting   qualification    within the  period of  probation  on  pain of postponement    

   of       increment without cumulative effect. "

i)    Must    possess    Intermediate; Examination or     its     equivalent qualification.

ii)      Must   possess   a   certificate issued   by   the   District   Manager Telephones   that  

 the   Telephone Operator           has           sufficient knowledge    and    experience    to 

operate the Telephone Exchange.

i)      Must      have      passed      the Government  Technical  Examination in  Shorthand  by  

the  Higher  Grade of        the        Andhra        Pradesh Government   or   120   words   per 

minute  speed  test  conducted  by the     Department     of     Technical Education,     Hyderabad 

    or:     must possess    any    other    equivalent qualification; and

ii)   Typewriting   by   the   Higher Grade   of   the   Andhra   Pradesh Government   or   40   

words   per minute  speed  test  conducted  by  the Department    of    the    Technical Education, 

   Hyderabad    or    must possess    any    other    equivalent qualification.

i)     Must     have     passed     the Intermediate   Examination   conducted by   the   Board   

of   Intermediate Examination or must possess any other equivalent qualification.

ii)     Must     have     passed     the Government                    Technical Examination   in   

Shorthand   and Typewriting  by  Higher  Grade  in

3. Junior Stenographer in the offices of Heads of Departments and Directorates. (Telugu or English)

By promotion or by transfer.

By direct recruitment.

the         concerned         Language conducted   by   State   Board   of Technical   Education   

of   Andhra Pradesh Government or any other equivalent qualification.

Must        have        passed        the Government                    Technical Examination   in  

 Shorthand   and Typewriting    by    Higher    Grade conducted  by  the  State  Board  of 

Technical     Education     of     the Andhra  Pradesh  Government  or any            other         

   equiva1ent qualification.

Note:   In   the   case   of   Telugu Typist,      the      pass      in      the Typewriting exam 

shall be on the Type   writer   with   Government standard Key Board.

i)  Must have passed  Intermediate examination    or    its    equivalent examination.

ii)     Must     have     passed     the Government·                   Technical Examination   in   

Typewriting   by the  Higher  Grade  in  the  relevant language;

and

iii)   The   Government   Technical Examination  in  Shorthand  by  the Higher   Grade   in   the   

relevant language.    If    however    persons who         have         passed         the 

examinations  on  Typewriting  or Shorthand  by  the  Higher  Grade are  not  available  those  who 

 have passed   the   examination   by   the Lower Grade may be appointed.

Note: In the case of Telugu Typist the pass in the Typewriting exam shall  be  on  the  Typewriter  

with Government . Standard Key Board.

Junior   Stenographers   in the   Offices   other   than Heads    of    Departments and             

   Directorates (Telugu) or (English).

By direct recruitment or by transfer

i) Must have passed   Intermediate examination    or    its    equivalent examination.

ii)      Must      have      passed     the Government  Technical  Examination in   Typewriting   

by   the   Higher Grade in the relevant language; and

iii)     Must     have     passed     the Government Technical examination  in  Shorthand  by  the 

Higher   Grade   in   the   relevant language. If however persons who have  passed  the  

examination  in Typewriting   or   Shorthand   by   the Higher  Grade  arc  not available  those 

who  have  passed  the  examination by    the    Lower    Grade    may    be appointed.

Note: In the case of Telugu Typist the     pass     in     the     Typewriting examination shall be 

on the typewriter with  Government  Standard  Key Board.

CLASS-B

Category-3 :

1. U.D.Typist (Urdu)

2.U.D.Typist (Hindi)

3.U.D.Typist (Telugu) 4.U.D.Typist (English)

in the offices of the Heads of Departments                     and Directorates.

(i)By direct recruitment

ii) By promotion of L.D. Typist in the relevant language.

i) Must have passed the Intermediate             examination conducted   by   the   Board   of   . 

Intermediate    Examination    or must      possess      any      other equivalent qualification.

ii)    Must    have    passed    the Government                 Technical examination   in   

Typewriting   by Higher  Grade  in  the  language concerned   conducted   by   the State     Board  

   of     Technical Education     of     the     Andhra Pradesh    Government    or    any other 

equivalent qualification.

4. Typist in the Offices of Heads    of    Departments and Directorates.

By direct recruitment or by transfer

NOTE:  In  the  case  of  Telugu Typist     the     pass     in     the Typewriting  exam shall  be 

 on the       Type       writer       with Government     Standard    Key Board.

i)        Must       have       passed Intermediate   examination   or its equivalent examination.

(ii)     Must     have     passed     the Government                     Technical Examination   in 

  Typewriting   By the  Higher  Grade  in  Telugu  on  a Government Standard Key Board.

iii)   Provided   that   if   persons with         the         qualification prescribed  in  item  

(ii)  above are   not   available   candidates who   have   passed   the   above examination in 

Typewriting by Lower Grade may if otherwise qualified be appointed.

iv)     Provided     further     that candidates       who       possess Typewriting   

qualification   in English     by     Lower     Grade besides      the      qualifications 

mentioned   in   items   (ii)   and

(iii)    above    shall    be    given preference for appointment by direct recruitment.

4 (i) L.D.Typist (Urdu)

(ii)   L.D.Typist  (Hindi)  in the    Offices    other    than Heads  of  Departments  and 

Directorates.

By direct Recruitment or by transfer.

NOTE:"(1)       If       sufficient number   of   candidates   with Telugu                   

Typewriting qualifications.         are         not available  for  appointment  by direct  

recruitment  as  Typists candidates       with       English Typewriting qualification may be   

appointed   subject   to   the condition   that   he/she   should acquire     the     Telugu     

Type writing    qualification    within the period of probation on pain of  postponement  of  

Increment without Cumulative effect. "

NOTE:   "(2)   In   the   case   of Telugu  Typist  the  pass  in  the Typewriting  exam  shall  be 

 on the           Typewriter           with Government      standard      Key Board."

i)     Must     have     passed     the Intermediate            examination conducted   by   the   

Board   of Intermediate    Examination    or must      possess      any      other equivalent 

qualification.

Typists  in  Telugu/  English in  the  Offices  other  than Heads  of   Departments   and 

Directorates

By direct recruitment or

by transfer.

ii) Must have passed              the Government                Technical Examination  in  

Typewriting  by the     Higher     Grade     in     the Language  concerned  conducted by the State 

Board of Technical Education     of     the     Andhra Pradesh   Government   or   any other   

equivalent   qualification. Provided  that  if  persons  with the  qualification  prescribed  in 

item(ii) above are not available candidates who have passed the Government                Technical 

Examination  in  Typewriting  by the     Lower     Grade     in     the Language  concerned  

conducted by      the      Andhra      Pradesh Government     or     any     other equivalent      

qualification      be appointed.

i)       Must       have       passed Intermediate Examination or its equivalent Qualification.

ii)    Must    have    passed    the Government                Technical Examination in Type 

writing by the  Higher  Grade  in  Telugu  on Government      standard      Key Board.

iii) Provided that if persons with the  qualification  prescribed  in item (ii) above are not 

available candidates who have passed the above          examination          in Typewriting by 

Lower Grade if otherwise         qualified         be appointed.

L.D.typist     (Telugu)     in Oriental              Manuscripts Library.

By direct recruitment.

iv)     Provided     further     that candidates   who   possess   Type writing  qualification  in  

English by   Lower   Grade   besides   the qualifications     mentioned     in items  (ii)  and  

(iii)  above  shall be      given      preference      for appointment          by          direct 

recruitment.

NOTE:     "(1)     If     sufficient number    of    candidates    with Telugu           Type       

    writing qualification  are  not  available for    appointment    as    Typists candidates   

with  English  Type writing   qualification   may   be appointed      subject      to      the 

condition   that   he/she   should acquire   Telugu   Type   writing qualification  within  the  

period of     probation     on     pain     of postponement     of     increment without cumulative 

effect."

NOTE:   "(2)   In   the   case   of Telugu  Typist  the  pass  in  the Type  writing  examination  

shall be   on   the   Type   writer   with Government      Standard      Key Board.

i)    Must    hold    a    Bachelor's Degree   of   any   University   in India           

established           or incorporated   by   or   under   a Central    Act,    State    Act    or 

Provincial  Act or  an  Institution recognised   by   the   University Grants    Commission    or   

 any equivalent Qualification.

4(c)    Library    Clerk-cum- Typist  in  Andhra  Pradesh Information   Centre,   New Delhi.

By     appointment     by transfer.

By direct recruitment.

ii)    Must    have    passed    the Government Technical Examination   in   Type   writing English 

 and  Telugu  (Higher  or Lower Grade) conducted by the State     Board     of     Technical 

Education     of     the     Andhra Pradesh   Government   or   any other equivalent qualification.

i)    Must    hold    a    Bachelors Degree   of   any   University   in India           

established           or incorporated   by   or   under   a Central    Act    State    Act    or 

Provincial  Act or  an  Institution recognised   by   the   University Grants Commission or any, 

equivalent qualification.

ii)  Must  possess  the  minimum General                    Educational qualification  prescribed  

in  the schedule to General Rules.

iii)    Must    have    passed    the Government                Technical Examination    in    

Typewriting English  and  Telugu  (Higher  or Lower Grade) conducted by the State     Board     of  

   Technical Education     of     the     Andhra Pradesh   Government   or   any other equivalent 

qualification.

NOTE:  In  the  case  of  Telugu Typist   the   pass   in   the   Type writing examination shall be 

on the       Type       writer        with Government      Standard      Key Board.

i)  Must  possess  the  minimum General Education qualifications prescribed   in   the   Schedule   

to general Rules.

ii)     Must     have     passed     the Government                  Technical Examination        

in        English· Typewriting Lower Grade;

and

iii)  Must  possess  a  diploma  in Library             Science             or Librarianship.

NOTE: i) If a person possessing diploma  in  Library   Science  is not       available       a      

 person possessing     a     certificate     in Library Science or Librarianship may be appointed.

NOTE:  ii)  Preference  shall  be given  to  the  candidates  who  are graduates  and  who  have  

taken Telugu  as  one  of  the  subject  in the  degree  for  appointment  to the said post.

ANNEXURE-ll (Rule 11 (b))

TESTS   TO   BE   PASSED   OR   TRAINING   TO   BE   UNDERGONE   SPECIAL QUALIFICATIONS    TO    BE 

   ACQUIRED    BEFORE    PROMOTION     OR APPOINTMENT BY TRANSFER TO THE POSTS MENTIONED BELOW.

Posts                                       Tests to be passed/Training to be completed (1)         

                                                                 (2)

ADULT EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

Superintendents and Senior Assistants.               (1)  Accounts  Test  for  Subordinate  

Officers,

Part-I.

(2) Deputy Inspector of Schools Test Paper- I, II & III.

ADVOCATE GENERAL’S ESTABLISHMENT

Superintendent     including     Manager     and Section Officers and Senior Assistants.

(1) Civil Judicial Test.

(2) Accounts Test for Subordinate Officers, Part-I.

N.B:- Persons who have passed the Bachelor's Degree in Law with Civil Procedure Code will not be 

required to pass the Civil Judicial Test.

AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT

Superintendents and Senior Assistants.               (1)  Accounts  Test  for  Subordinate  

Officers,

Part-I.

(2) Agriculture Department Test.

(GO. Ms. No. 402, GA. (Ser-B) Dept. dt. 27-9-2000)

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY DEPARTMENT

Superintendents and Senior Assistants.               (1)  Accounts  Test  for  Subordinate  

Officers,

Part-I.

(2) Animal Husbandry Department Test.

ARCHAEOLOGY AND MUSEUMS DEPARTMENT

Superintendents and Senior Assistants.               (1)  Accounts  Test  for  Subordinate  

Officers,

Part-I.

ANTI-CORRUPTION BUREAU

Accountant in the Anti-Corruption Bureau.               (I)   Must   have   passed   the   Account  

 Test   for

Subordinate Officers Part-I and

(2)  Departmental Test  prescribed  in  the Andhra Pradesh Police Manual.

BACKWARD CLASSES WELFARE DEPARTMENT

Superintendents and Senior Assistants.               (1)  Accounts  Test  for  Subordinate  

Officers,

Part-I.

(2) First paper of Revenue Test. Part-I.

BOILERS DEPARTMENT

Superintendents and Senior Assistants.               (1)  Accounts  Test  for  Subordinate  

Officers,

Part-I.

(2) A, B &  C of Labour, Factories and Boilers Departmental Test.

BUREAU OF ECONOMICS AND-STATISTICS

Superintendents and Senior Assistants.               Accounts   Test   for   Subordinate   

Officers,

Part-I.

CENTRAL RECORDS OFFICE

Superintendents and Senior Assistants.               Accounts   Test   for   Subordinate   

Officers,

Part-I.

CIVIL DEFENCE AND EMERGENCY RELIEF TRAINING INSTITUTE, HYDERABAD

Superintendents, Senior Assistants and U.D. Accountant.

(1)  Accounts  Test  for  Subordinate  Officers, Part-I.

CIVIL SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT

Senior Assistants.                                                  (1)  Accounts  Test  for  

Subordinate  Officers, Part-I.

(2) Revenue Tests Parts I, II & III.

COLLEGIATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

Superintendents and Senior Assistants.               (1)  Accounts  Test  for  Subordinate  

Officers,

Part-I.

(2) Collegiate Educational Statistics Test.

(3) Deputy Inspectors Test Papers I, II & III.

N.B.: Collegiate Education Statistics Test is proposed to be prescribed. Till the syllabus etc., is 

finalized the persons to be promoted as Senior Assistants or Superintendents should pass the Deputy 

Inspectors Test, Papers I, II & III.

COMMERCE AND EXPORT PROMOTION DEPARTMENT

Superintendents and Senior Assistants.               Accounts   Test   for   Subordinate   

Officers,

Part-I.

COMMISSIONER FOR GOVERNMENT EXAMINATIONS

Superintendents and Senior Assistants.               Accounts   Test   for   Subordinate   

Officers,

Part-I.

CO-OPERATIVE DEPARTMENT

Senior Assistants.                                                  Must    have    passed    the   

 Co-operative Central   Institute   examinations   in   co- operative,  Auditing,  Banking  and  

Book Keeping    or    an    examination    declared equivalent  to  them  in  the  Andhra  Pradesh 

Co-operative Subordinate Service Rules.

COMMERCIAL TAXES DEPARTMENT

Superintendents.                                                    (1)  Accounts  Test  for  

Subordinate  Officers, Part-I.

(2)  Departmental  Test  in  Commercial  Taxes

Laws.

Senior Assistants.                                                  Departmental Test in Commercial 

Taxes Laws.

Senior Assistants (Marwri & Gujarathi)              A  pass  in  Departmental  Test  in  Commercial

taxes  Laws.  Gujarathi  &  Marwri  by  Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission.

SALES TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL

Superintendents.                                                    (1)  Accounts  Test  for  

Subordinate  Officers, Part-I.

(2)  Departmental  Test  in  Commercial  Taxes

Laws.

Senior Assistants.                                                  Departmental Test in Commercial 

Taxes Laws.

CULTURAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT

Superintendents and Senior Assistants.

Accounts   Test   for   Subordinate   Officers, Part-I.

DISTRICT GAZETI'EERS

Superintendents.                                                    Accounts   Test   for   

Subordinate   Officers, Part-I.

DRUGS CONTROL ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT

Superintendents and Senior Assistants.               Accounts   Test   for   Subordinate   

Officers,

Part-I.

ELECTRICAL INSPECTORATE

Superintendents and Senior Assistants.               (1) Departmental Test

(2)  Accounts  Test  for  Subordinate  Officers, Part-I.

EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING DEPARTMENT

Superintendents and Senior Assistants.               Accounts   Test   for   Subordinate   

Officers,

Part-I.

(2)     Departmental     Test     for     National Employment Service Organisation, Parts I & II.

ENDOWMENTS DEPARTMENT

Superintendents  and  Senior  Assistants  and Inspectors.

Accounts   Test   for   Subordinate   Officers, Part-I  and   Endowments  Departmental  Test 

Parts-I and II.

ENGINEERING RESEARCH LABORATORIES

Superintendents and Senior Assistants.               Accounts   Test   for   P.W.D.   Officers   

and

Subordinate.

ESTATE OFFICER, HYDERABAD AND SECUNDERABAD

Senior Assistants.                                                  Accounts   Test   for   

Subordinate   Officers, Part-I.

EXCISE DEPARTMENT

Superintendents and Senior Assistants.               (1) Civil and Criminal Law (Test.A)

(2)  Accounts  Test  for  Subordinate  Officers, Part-I.

N.B: Persons who have passed Bachelor of Law Degree examination of any University with Criminal  

Procedure  Code,  Indian  Penal  Code  and  C.P.C.  will  not  be  required  to  pass  the papers 

in Civil and Criminal Laws.

FACTORIES DEPARTMENT

Superintendents and Senior Assistants.               Accounts   Test   for   Subordinate   

Officers,

Part-I.

(2)  A,  B  &  C  of  the Labour,  Factories  and Boilers Departmental Test.

FIRE SERVICES

Superintendents and Senior Assistants.               (1)  Accounts  Test  for  Subordinate  

Officers,

Part-I.

(2) Andhra Pradesh Fire Service Manual.

FISHERIES DEPARTMENT

1. Office of the Director of Fisheries:

(i) Superintendents                                                (1)  Accounts  Test  for  

Subordinate  Officers,

Part-I and

(2)    Fisheries    Departmental    Test,    Part-I. Accounts   Test   for   Subordinate   

Officers, Part-I

2. Other Offices :

(i) Senior Assistants.

(ii) Junior Assistants and Farm Fieldman.

Accounts   Test   for   Subordinate   Officers, Part-I.

FOREST DEPARTMENT

Superintendents and Senior Assistants.               (1)  Accounts  Test  for  Subordinate  

Officers,

Part-I.

(2)  Departmental  Test  prescribed  in  Section 28 of the Andhra Pradesh Forest Department Code.

GOVERNMENT HOUSE DEPARTMENT

Superintendents,       Accountants,       Senior Assistants including Senior Accountant.

Accounts   Test   for   Subordinate   Officers, Part-I.

GOVERNMENT PRESS

(i) Accountant and Chief Accountant

(ii) Senior Accounts Clerk I Grade.

(iii) Senior Assistants

(a) Senior Clerk, Pay Bill Section.

(b) Senior Clerk, Book Section.

Accounts   Test   for   Subordinate   Officers, Part-I.

(a)  Accounts  Test  for  Subordinate  Officers, Part-I.

(b) Book-keeping (Lower-Grade)

Accounts   Test   for   Subordinate   Officers, Part-I.

GOVERNMENT PLEADERS' ESTABLISHMENT

Superintendents   including   Managers   and Senior Assistants. .

(1) Civil judicial Test

Accounts   Test   for   Subordinate   Officers, Part-I.

N.B: Persons who have passed the Bachelor's degree in Law with Civil Procedure Code will not be 

required to pass the Civil Judicial Test.

GROUND WATER DEPARTMENT

Superintendents and Senior Assistants.               Accounts   Test   for   Subordinate   

Officers,

Part-I or Accounts Test for P.W.D. Officers and Subordinate.

HANDICAPPED WELFARE DEPARTMENT

Superintendents and Senior Assistants.               Accounts   Test   for   Subordinate   

Officers,

Part-I.

HANDLOOMS AND TEXTILES DEPARTMENT

Superintendents and Senior Assistants.               Accounts   Test   for   Subordinate   

Officers,

Part-I.

HORTICULTURE DEPARTMENT

Superintendents and Senior Assistants.               Accounts   Test   for   Subordinate   

Officers,

Part-I.

(2) Horticulture Departmental Test.

N.B: Agriculture Department Test will have to be passed till Horticulture Department Test is 

finalised.

INDIAN MEDICINE AND HOMEOPATHY DEPARTMENT

Superintendents and Senior Assistants.

Accounts   Test   for   Subordinate   Officers, Part-I.

INDIAN PREVENTIVE MEDICINE PUBLIC HEALTH LABS AND FOOD (HEALTH) AUTHORITY

Superintendents and Senior Assistants.               Accounts   Test   for   Subordinate   

Officers,

Part-I.

INSURANCE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT

Superintendents and Senior Assistants.               Accounts   Test   for   Subordinate   

Officers,

Part-I.

INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNAL

Superintendents,   Accountants   and   Senior Assistants.

(1)  Accounts  Test  for  Subordinate  Officers,

Part-I and

(2)  Labour, Factories and Boilers Departmental Test Parts A, B & C

ADDITIONAL INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNAL

Superintendents,          Accountants          and Assistants.

(1)  Accounts  Test  for  Subordinate  Officers,

Part-I and

(2)  Labour, Factories and Boilers Departmental Test Parts A, B & C

INDUSTRIES DEPARTMENT

Superintendents and Senior Assistants.               Accounts   Test   for   Subordinate   

Officers,

Part-I.

INFORMATION AND PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT

Superintendents and Senior Assistants.               Accounts   Test   for   Subordinate   

Officers,

Part-I.

INSTITUTE OF ADMINISTRATION

Superintendents and Senior Assistants.               Accounts   Test   for   Subordinate   

Officers,

Part-I.

INTERMEDIATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

Senior Assistants                                                   Accounts   Test   for   

Subordinate   Officers, Part-I.

(2)  Deputy  Inspector  of  Schools  Tests  I,  II

&III.

IRRIGATION DEPARTMENT

Superintendents and Senior Assistants.               Accounts   Test   for   P.W.D.   Officers   

and

Subordinate.

JAGIR ADMINISTRATION

Superintendents and Senior Assistants.               Accounts   Test   for   Subordinate   

Officers,

Part-I.

JAWAHAR BAL BHAVAN

Superintendents and Senior Assistants.               Accounts   Test   for   Subordinate   

Officers,

Part-I.

LABOUR DEPARTMENT

Superintendents and Senior Assistants.               (i)  Accounts  Test  for  Subordinate  

Officers,

Part-I.

(ii)      Labour      Factories      and      Boilers Departmental Tests Parts A, B & C.

MARKETING  DEPARTMENT

Superintendents and Senior Assistants.               (i)  Accounts  Test  for  Subordinate  

Officers,

Part-I.

(ii) Marketing Departmental Test.

MEDICAL EDUCATION/ HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENTS

Superintendents and Senior Assistants.               Accounts   Test   for   Subordinate   

Officers,

Part-I.

MINES AND GEOLOGY  DEPARTMENT

Superintendents and Senior Assistants.               Accounts   Test   for   Subordinate   

Officers,

Part-I.

MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT

Superintendents,    Accountant    and    Senior Assistants.

Accounts   Test   for   Subordinate   Officers, Part-I.

OR

Accounts Test for Local Body Employees

NATIONAL CADET CORPS

Superintendents

Accounts   Test   for   Subordinate   Officers, Part-I.

A.P. OREIENTAL MANUSCRIPTS LIBRARY AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Superintendents and Senior Assistants.               Accounts   Test   for   Subordinate   

Officers,

Part-I.

PANCHAYAT RAJ DEPARTMENT

Superintendents and Senior Assistants.               Accounts Test for Local Body Employees or

Accounts   Test   for   Subordinate   Officers, Part-I & II.

PANCHAYAT RAJ ENGNEERING  DEPARTMENT

Superintendents and Senior Assistants.               Accounts   Test   for   P.W.D.   Officers   

and

Subordinate.

POLICE DEPARTMENT

Superintendents                                                     Accounts   Test   for   

Subordinate   Officers, Part-I.

Senior Assistants.                                                  Departmental Test in Andhra 

Pradesh Police Mannual

PORT DEPARTMENT

Superintendents                                                     Accounts   Test   for   

Subordinate   Officers, Part-I  and  Departmental  Test  held  prior  to 1938  or  Departmental  

Test  by  the  Higher Grade.

Senior Assistants.                                                  Accounts   Test   for   

Subordinate   Officers, Part-I.

PRINTING, STATIONERY AND STORES PURCHASE DEPARTMENT

Superintendents     and     Senior     Assistants including       Assistant       Store       

Keeper, Accountant and Cashier.

(1)Accounts  Test  for  Subordinate  Officers, Part-I.

(2)  Department  Test  in  Stationary  Mannual Volume I & II.

PRISONS DEPARTMENT

Superintendents and Senior Assistants.               (1) Jail Departmental Test, Part I & Part III.

(2)  Accounts  Test  for  Subordinate  Officers, Part-I.

N.B.: Persons who have passed Bachelor's degree in Law with I.P.C. and Criminal Procedure Code are 

exempted from passing I.P.C. and Criminal Procedure Code in Jail Departmental Test, Part-I.

PROCECUTIONS DEPARTMENT

Superintendents and Senior Assistants.               Accounts   Test   for   Subordinate   

Officers,

Part-I.

PUBLIC HEALTH ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

Superintendents and Senior Assistants.               Accounts   Test   for   P.W.D.   Officers   

and

Subordinates.

PUBLIC LIBRARIES DEPARTMENT

Superintendents   and   Auditors   and   Senior Assistants.

Accounts   Test   for   Subordinate   Officers, Part-I.

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR’S ESTABLISHMENT DEPARTMENT

Superintendents    including    Manager    and Assistants.

(i) Criminal Judicial Test.

(ii)  Accounts  Test  for  Subordinate  Officers, Part-I.

N.B.:  Persons  who  have  passed  Bachelor's  degree  in  Law  with  I.P.C.  and  Criminal 

Procedure Code will not be required to pass the Criminal Judicial Test.

RAJ BHAVAN

(GOVERNOR'S HOUSEHOLD ESTABLISHMENT)

Superintendents and Senior Assistants.               Accounts   Test   for   Subordinate   

Officers,

Part-I.

REGISTRAR OF PUBLICATIONS

Senior Assistants.                                                  Accounts   Test   for   

Subordinate   Officers, Part-I.

REVENUE DEPARTMENT

Superintendent in the Offices of the Commissioner of Land Revenue, Survey Settlement and Land 

Records, Commissioner of Land Records and Urban Land Ceilings

Senior Assistants in the Office of the Commissioner of Land Revenue, Survey Settlement and Land 

ReCords, Commissioner of Land Records and Urban Land Ceilings.

Senior Assistants in Offices other than Commissioner of Land Revenue, Survey, Settlement and Land 

Records, Commissioner" Land Records. and Urban Land Ceiling, Head Clerks in Collectors Offices.

(1 )Revenue Test, Papers, I, II & III.

(2) Successful completion of Revenue Survey Training for Six Weeks

(3) Accounts Test for Subordinate Officers, Part-I.

(4) Must have worked as Revenue Inspector for one year.

(1) Revenue Test Parts), I, II & III.

(2) Accounts Test for Subordinate Officers, Part-I.

(3) Successful completion of Revenue Survey

Training for six weeks.

(1) Revenue Test, Parts, I, II & III.

(2) Accounts Test for Subordinate Officers, Part-I

(3) Successful completion of Revenue Survey Training for six weeks.

REGISTRATION AND STAMPS DEPARTMENT

Senior    Assistants    (even    conversion    of Senior Stenos as Senior Assistants.)

Registration      Departmental      Test      and Accounts   Test   for   Subordinate   Officers, 

Part-I.

ROADS AND BUILDINGS DEPARTMENT

Superintendents and Senior Assistants.             Accounts   Test   for   P.W.D.   Officers   and

Subordinates

SAINIK WELFARE DEPARTMENT

Superintendents and Senior Assistants.             Accounts   Test   for   Subordinate   Officers,

Part-I.

SCHOOL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

Superintendents,     Auditors     and     Senior Assistants.

(i) Deputy Inspector's Test, Paper I, II & III

(2)  Accounts  Test  for  Subordinate  Officers, Part-I.

SERICULTURE DEPARTMENT

Superintendents  in  the  Directorates  and  in the Districts and Regional Officers.

Accounts   Test   for   Subordinate   Officers, Part-I & II (Director of Sericulture)

STATE INSTITUTE OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY

Superintendents and Senior Assistants.             Accounts   Test   for   Subordinate   Officers,

Part-I.

SMALL SAVINGS DEPARTMENT

Superintendents.                                                  Accounts   Test   for   

Subordinate   Officers, Part-I and Part-II

Senior Assistants.                                                Accounts   Test   for   

Subordinate   Officers, Part-I.

SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT

Superintendents and Senior Assistants.             (1)  Accounts  Test  for  Subordinate  Officers,

Part-I.

(2) First Paper of Revenue Test, Part-I

SURVEY AND LAND RECORDS DEPARTMENT

Superintendents.                                                  (I) Revenue Test Parts I,II & 

III.

(2) Accounts Test for Subordinate Officers, Part-I.

(3)  Successful  completion  of  Revenue  Survey Training for six weeks.

Senior Assistants.                                                (1) Revenue Test. Part-I, II & 

III.

(2) Accounts Test for Subordinate Officers, Part-I.

SETTLEMENT DEPARTMENT

Superintendents.                                                  (I) Revenue Test Parts I,II & 

III.

(2) Accounts Test for Subordinate Officers, Part-I.

(3)  Successful  completion  of  Revenue  Survey Training for six weeks.

Senior Assistants.                                                1) Revenue Test. Part-I, II & 

III.

(2) Accounts Test for Subordinate Officers, Part-I.

STATE ARCHIVE DEPARTMENT

Superintendents and Senior Assistants.             Accounts   Test   for   Subordinate   Officers,

Part-I.

SUGAR DEPARTMENT

Superintendents and Senior Assistants.             Accounts   Test   for   Subordinate   Officers,

Part-I.

TECHNICAL EDUCATION  DEPARTMENT

Superintendents    and    Senior    Assistants (Accountants  and  Storekeepers  in  Senior 

Assistants Scale of Pay)

Accounts   Test   for   Subordinate   Officers, Part-I.

GOVERNMENT TEXT BOOK PRESS DEPARTMENT

Superintendents     including     Commercial Accountant   and   Manager,   Senior   Assistants 

including   Assistant   Store   keepers,   Assistant Accountants and Cashiers

Accounts   Test   for   Subordinate   Officers, Part-I.

TOURISM  DEPARTMENT

Superintendents and Senior Assistants.             Accounts   Test   for   Subordinate   Officers,

Part-I.

TOWN PLANING DEPARTMENT

Superintendents    and    Senior    Assistants, Accountant, Storekeeper

Accounts   Test   for   Subordinate   Officers, Part-I.

TRANSLATION DEPARTMENT

Superintendents and Senior Assistants.             Accounts   Test   for   Subordinate   Officers,

Part-I.

TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT

Superintendents and Senior Assistants.             (1)  Accounts  Test  for  Subordinate  Officers,

Part-I.

(2)  Departmental  Test  on  Motor  Vehicles Rules and Regulations.

TRIBAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT

Superintendents and Senior Assistants.             (1)  Accounts  Test  for  Subordinate  Officers,

Part-I.

(2) First Paper of Revenue Test, Part-I.

DEPARTMENT OF LEGAL METROLOGY

Superintendents    and    Senior    Assistants including Head clerks.

Account Test for Subordinate Officers, Part- I.

WOMEN DEVELOPMENT AND CHILD WELFARE DEPARTMENT

Superintendents and Senior Assistants.             Accounts   Test   for   Subordinate   Officers,

Part-I.

WORKS ACCOUNTS DEPARTMENT

Senior Assistants.                                                Accounts   Test   for   P.W.D.   

Officers   and Subordinates.

YOUTH SERVICES DEPARTMENT

Superintendents and Senior Assistants.             Accounts   Test   for   Subordinate   Officers,

Part-I.