AP State Public Service Commission requested to review its selection mode in Group-I Prelims Exam

Group-I service aspirants in the state have reiterated their plea to the Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) to reconsider its decision to select candidates for preliminary examinations. They want the Commission to reconsider its decision to select candidates in the ratio of 1:50 and select candidates in the ratio of 1:100 as in Group-II Services and Sub-Educational Officer examinations.

GO No. Citing 5, which claimed that APPSC has the discretion to select candidates from Prelims to Mains in the ratio of 1:100, after adopting the selection pattern of 1:100 ratio for Group-II Services and Sub Education. What was the problem in implementing the 1:100 ratio for the officers’ exam conducted before and after the group-1 prelims? Group-I Examination.

“We have petitioned the commission and the government several times, but our petitions have not been heard,” says Pilla Mounika, a Group-I service aspirant from Kakinada.

“The authorities concerned should look at the sharp increase over the years in the number of candidates aspiring for these posts and change the selection mode accordingly,” said Nalluri Sumant, another aspirant from Vijayawada.

The leaders of the Andhra Pradesh Industries Joint Action Committee (JAC) also submitted a petition to the commission chairman AR Anuradha and asked him to accept the petitions of the candidates.

JAC state president S Hemant Kumar said the commission should keep in mind the difficulties faced by candidates, especially those from rural areas and those opting for Telugu medium, due to confusion surrounding the exam syllabus.

The JAC leaders want the commission to notify 245 sanctioned posts of Integrated Child Development Scheme Project Officers and increase the upper age limit for general category candidates to 48 years and also issue a notification for vacant librarian posts in government degree, intermediate and polytechnic colleges. and all other government educational institutions.

Pointing out the fact that these vacancies have not been notified for the last 12 years, they said that filling up these posts would help a section of unemployed youth.