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The '''Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC)''' was formed when the state of [[Andhra Pradesh]] formed on 1 November 1956. Earlier, the commission was known as the ''Andhra Service Commission'' (formed in 1953) which is based on the regulations of ''Madras Public Service Commission''. Later in 1956, APPSC was formed by merging the Andhra Public Service Commission and [[Hyderabad State|Hyderabad]] Public Service Commissions.<br />
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== History ==<br />
On the eve of the formation of Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission, Andhra Public Service Commission was functioning with a Chairman and two Members and Hyderabad Public Service Commission was functioning with one Member. Hence, A.P. Public Service Commission was constituted with a Chairman and 3 Members. With increasing workload, Government enhanced the strength of the Commission to Chairman and 5 Members in the year 1981 and later to Chairman and 7 Members in the year 1983. The government again reviewed the strength in 1994 and enhanced it to Chairman and 9 Members. This is the present strength also.<ref>{{cite web|title=History of APPSC|url=http://website.apspsc.gov.in/history.appsc|website=APPSC|publisher=APPSC|accessdate=17 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107162204/http://website.apspsc.gov.in/history.appsc|archive-date=7 January 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><br />
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== Duties and functions ==<br />
Widely known as APPSC which is a part of the Andhra Pradesh government.<br />
The Public Service Commissions had been established under Article 315 of the Constitution of India. The functions of the Commission are enumerated in Article 320 of the Constitution.<br />
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=== The statutory functions of the Commission are as follows ===<br />
Direct Recruitment (Article 320 (1))<br />
Recruitment by transfer (Article 320(3)(b))<br />
Statutory rules relating to services (Article 320 (3)(a) and (b))<br />
Disciplinary cases (Article 320 (3)(c) and regulations 17 (1)(a) to (e))<br />
Reimbursement of legal expenses (Article 320 (3)(d))<br />
Wound and extraordinary pension cases (Article 320 (3)(e))<br />
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=== Commission is entrusted with the following items of work ===<br />
Conduct of departmental tests for several departments<br />
Conduct of examination for admission to RIMC, Dehradun.<br />
Conduct of half yearly examination for [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]] and [[Indian Police Service|IPS]] Officers and proficiency tests for [[All India Services|AIS]] Officers.<br />
Watching of temporary appointments exceeding 3 months and according to concurrence for their continuance (regulation 16)<br />
Consultation in cases of appointment of contract extending over 5 years (regulation 16).<ref>{{cite web|title=Position under the Constitution|url=http://website.apspsc.gov.in/posUnderConstitution.appsc|website=APPSC|publisher=APPSC|accessdate=17 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118052922/http://website.apspsc.gov.in/posUnderConstitution.appsc|archive-date=18 November 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Telangana State Public Service Commission]]<br />
* [[Union Public Service Commission]]<br />
* [[Staff Selection Commission]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [https://psc.ap.gov.in/Default.aspx Official website of the APPSC]<br />
{{Public Service Commissions in India}}<br />
[[Category:State agencies of Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:State public service commissions of India]]<br />
[[Category:1956 establishments in Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
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