APPSC Recruitment 2026 Notification Out - Apply Online for 299 Forest Range Officer, Supervisor and More Posts

The Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC), Vijayawada has released the Brief Notifications for various posts under different subordinate services of the Andhra Pradesh Government on 15 September 2026. The APPSC Various Posts Recruitment 2026 notification includes a total of 299 provisional vacancies for posts such as Executive Officer Grade-III, Forest Range Officer, Forest Section Officer, Forest Beat Officer, Draughtsman Grade-II, District Probation Officer Grade-II, Industrial Promotion Officer and Supervisor Grade-I. Candidates can download the APPSC Various Posts Recruitment 2026 Notification PDF from the official website of APPSC at psc.ap.gov.in. The Detailed Notification containing complete vacancy details, age limit, application fee, reservation details and other instructions will be released on or before 16 October 2026. The online application process will start from

As stated in each notification, the date of the Detailed Notification will be reckoned as the crucial date in all aspects - including for determining age eligibility and educational qualification cut-offs.

A total of 299 provisional vacancies are spread across the following 8 posts. The Commission has explicitly noted in each notification that the number of vacancies is subject to variation upon confirmation from the concerned department. All eight are General Recruitment notifications, with the Supervisor Grade-I post reserved exclusively for women candidates, as specified in its notification.

For all eight posts, the notification states that applicants must possess the requisite educational qualification as on the date of the Detailed Notification.

Age limit is not specified in these Brief Notifications for any of the 8 posts. This information, along with community-wise reservation details, will be published in the Detailed Notification on or before 16 October 2026.

Application fee is not mentioned in any of these Brief Notifications. Fee details, if applicable, are expected to be published along with the Detailed Notification and the online application process.

As stated in each of the notifications, selection for all 8 posts will be through a single-level examination only - no Screening Test will be conducted, irrespective of the number of applications received. The examination will be conducted in online Computer-Based Recruitment Test (CBRT) mode. Where the single-level examination is held in multiple sessions, the Commission will apply a normalisation process to the marks, wherever considered necessary and applicable, as per a methodology to be notified by the Commission in due course. For the Executive Officer Grade-III post, the notification additionally specifies the following examination scheme (as per Annexure-V of G.O.Ms.No.201, Finance (HR-I Plg. & Policy) Dept., dated 21/12/2017): For this post, each wrong answer is penalised with 1/3rd of the marks prescribed for that question, as per G.O.Ms. No.235, Finance (HR-I, Plg & Policy) De

Applicants must satisfy themselves regarding the terms and conditions of the respective Recruitment Notification before applying online. The number of vacancies notified is provisional and subject to variation upon confirmation from the concerned department. Applicants must possess the requisite educational qualification as on the date of the Detailed Notification, not the date of the Brief Notification. The Detailed Notification carrying the full breakup of vacancies, scale of pay, age, community-wise reservation, educational qualification, and other instructions will be published on the Commission's website on or before 16 October 2026. The date of the Detailed Notification will be reckoned as the crucial date in all aspects, including eligibility. For the Forest Section Officer, Forest Beat Officer, and Forest Range Officer posts, physical requirements/standards will be specified in t