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Two grades, two patterns. The commission’s is published and stable; the department’s ran once, in 2019, and its portals are gone.
Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Secretary · checked 19 September 2026
The dates, vacancies and rules below are read on the conducting body’s own site and rewritten as each notice appears. The guide beneath carries the full pattern, syllabus, cut-offs and free mock tests.
Checked 19 September 2026
No open recruitment by either route as at 11 September 2026
Recruited by APPSC as Group 3 — last notified December 2018; now promotion-only under the amended rules
Created in 2019 for the village secretariats and filled by the Panchayat Raj department through the District Collectors
A bachelor’s degree for both grades
Pattern
| Grade-IV — commission | Grade-V — department | |
|---|---|---|
| Who ran it | APPSC, under Group-III Services | The Panchayat Raj department through the District Collectors |
| When | 2016 and December 2018 | September 2019, as a one-time measure |
| Written stages | OMR screening test, then two computer-based mains papers of 150 marks each | The department’s own written test; the pattern is no longer published on any live portal |
| Negative marking | One-third of a mark per wrong answer | Not stated on any surviving official page |
| Selection | District-wise ranking on the mains, Collector as unit of appointment | District certificate verification and appointment by the Collector |
| After appointment | Regular scale | Two years’ probation on consolidated pay, with two departmental tests to pass |
The Grade-IV pattern is described in full — marks, qualifying thresholds, the screening ratio and the penalty — on the APPSC Group 3 exam-pattern page. It is the only pattern for this post that a candidate can prepare against from a published document.
Exam resources
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