Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission

Andhra Pradesh State Public Service Commission
Abbreviation	APPSC
Formation	1956
Type	Constitutional body
Purpose	Recruitment
Location	APPSC Office, M.G. Road(Bandhar Road), Vijayawada-520 010 Andhra Pradesh.;
Region served	Andhra Pradesh
Website	psc.ap.gov.in

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 Public Service Commissions.

History[edit]

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.^[1]

Duties and functions[edit]

Widely known as APPSC which is a part of the Andhra Pradesh government. 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.

The statutory functions of the Commission are as follows[edit]

Direct Recruitment (Article 320 (1)) Recruitment by transfer (Article 320(3)(b)) Statutory rules relating to services (Article 320 (3)(a) and (b)) Disciplinary cases (Article 320 (3)(c) and regulations 17 (1)(a) to (e)) Reimbursement of legal expenses (Article 320 (3)(d)) Wound and extraordinary pension cases (Article 320 (3)(e))

Commission is entrusted with the following items of work[edit]

Conduct of departmental tests for several departments Conduct of examination for admission to RIMC, Dehradun. Conduct of half yearly examination for IAS and IPS Officers and proficiency tests for AIS Officers. Watching of temporary appointments exceeding 3 months and according to concurrence for their continuance (regulation 16) Consultation in cases of appointment of contract extending over 5 years (regulation 16).^[2]

References[edit]

↑ "History of APPSC". APPSC. APPSC. Archived from the original on 7 January 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
↑ "Position under the Constitution". APPSC. APPSC. Archived from the original on 18 November 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.

External links[edit]

Official website of the APPSC

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[1] "History of APPSC". APPSC. APPSC. Archived from the original on 7 January 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2014.

[2] "Position under the Constitution". APPSC. APPSC. Archived from the original on 18 November 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.

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