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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
Notes
| Area | Source | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Panchayat raj law | The 73rd Amendment and the Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Raj Act, with the 2019 amendment to the Subordinate Service Rules | The paper asks sections and articles; the 2019 amendment explains the grades of the post itself. |
| Schemes | Central rural development ministry guidelines and the state Panchayat Raj and Rural Development department’s scheme pages | One page per scheme — purpose, funding, delivery through the panchayat. |
| Rural economy | The state socio-economic survey and agriculture statistics | The facts the paper asks: crops, irrigation, credit, employment, migration, by district. |
| Local-body accounts | The department’s accounts, audit and register manuals — the material of the Accounts Test for Local Body Employees | Paper 2 content for Grade-IV; a probation test for Grade-V. |
| The secretary’s duties | The Act and the department’s job description of the post | Named in the syllabus as examined content; the most predictable questions in the paper. |
| General studies | Standard degree-level texts with the Andhra Pradesh layer built in | Paper 1, common to every APPSC recruitment. |
Exam resources
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