Telangana State Public Service Commission Recruitment Notification 02/2024 PDF

1 TELANGANA STATE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION: HYDERABAD NOTIFICATION NO. 02/2024, DATED: 19/02/2024 GROUP-I SERVICES (GENERAL RECRUITMENT) PARA–1: 1.1. Applications are invited Online from qualified app...

1 TELANGANA STATE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION: HYDERABAD NOTIFICATION NO. 02/2024, DATED: 19/02/2024 GROUP-I SERVICES (GENERAL RECRUITMENT) PARA–1: 1.1. Applications are invited Online from qualified applicants through the proforma Application to be made available on Commission’s website (https://www.tspsc.gov.in) to the posts of Group-I Services in the State of Telangana. 1.2. Chronology of Events Date of Submission of Online From: 23/02/2024 To:14/03/2024 Applications Last Date & Time for receipt of 14/03/2024 at 5:00 PM Online Applications From: 23/03/2024 at 10:00 A.M. Application Edit Option To: 27/03/2024 at 5:00 P.M. From 7 days prior to the Examination and up to 4 hours Downloading of Hall Tickets before the commencement of Examination. Schedule of Preliminary Test May/June 2024 (Objective Type) Schedule of Main Examination September/October 2024. (Conventional Type) 1.3. i) Submission of ONLINE Applications is mandatory for all candidates. ii) Candidates are advised in their own interest to submit online applications much before the closing date and not to wait till the last date to avoid the possibility of disconnection / inability or failure to login to the TSPSC website on account of heavy load on the website during the closing days. 1.4. The applicant who desires to apply for the posts of Group-I Services shall login to the Commission’s website, with his/her registered OTR number. In case, the candidate is applying for the first time to the posts notified by TSPSC he/she shall register his/her bio-data particulars through One Time Registration (OTR) on the Commission’s website https://www.tspsc.gov.in. Once applicant registers his/her particulars, a user-ID is generated and sent to his/her registered mobile number and email-ID. Note: i) One Time Registration (OTR) is not considered as an application for any post under any circumstances. ii) The candidates need to submit ONLINE Applications for this Notification specifically. iii) The applicants are advised to retain their mobile number and email-ID registered in OTR for receiving OTP/SMS for further communication. 1.5. Those Candidates who have applied earlier for Group-I Services vide Notification No. 04/2022 Dt. 26/04/2022 (now cancelled) NEED TO LOGIN and RE-APPLY for this Notification AFRESH. Otherwise their candidature will not be considered for this Notification. Further, they need not pay any fee again, as they have already paid previously. 1.6. The Preliminary Test (Objective type) will be held in OMR Based offline mode / Computer Based Recruitment Test (CBRT) mode. The Commission reserves the right to conduct the Preliminary Test either in OMR based Offline mode or in CBRT  2 mode. 1.7. The Commission will normalize the scores of candidates for the Computer Based Tests which are conducted in Multi-sessions to take into account of any variation in the question papers across different sessions. The criteria of Normalization is given in Annexure-VII. 1.8. Main Examination would be in Descriptive type. The Commission reserves the right to conduct the Main Examination either through Digital mode of question paper display or Conventional hard copy based question paper. 1.9. The Commission may evaluate the answer scripts of the Main examination on Digital / Online mode in addition to or instead of conventional evaluation. 1.10. Option of Medium for writing the Preliminary Test (Objective type) and Main Examination (Conventional Type) will be taken from the candidates in the Application form itself. 1.11. The applicant is required to visit the Commission’s website regularly to keep himself/herself updated until completion of the recruitment process. The information communicated through Commission’s website is final for all correspondence. No individual correspondence by any means will be entertained under any circumstances. 1.12. Eligible candidates shall apply online after satisfying themselves as per the terms and conditions of this recruitment Notification. Any application sent through any mode other than the prescribed online mode will not be entertained under any circumstances. Submission of application form by the candidate is construed as he /she has read the Notification and shall abide by the terms and conditions laid down there under. 1.13. The Preliminary Test (Objective Type) will be held during May/June-2024. The exact schedule of Preliminary Test will be notified separately in due course. 1.14. The Main Examination (Conventional Type) will be held during September/October-2024. The exact schedule of Main Examination will be notified after declaration of Results of Preliminary Test. 1.15. The details of vacancies are as follows:- Post Age as on Scale of No. of code Name of the Post 01/07/2024 Pay Vacancies No. Min. Max. Rs. Deputy Collector [Civil Services, 58,850- 01 45 18-46 (Executive Branch)] 1,37,050/- Deputy Superintendent of Police 58,850- 02 115 21-35 Category - II (Police Service) 1,37,050/- Commercial Tax Officer (Commercial 58,850 – 03 48 18-46 Tax Services) 1,37,050/- Regional Transport Officer (Transport 54,220- 04 04 21-46 Service) 1,33,630/- District Panchayat Officer (Panchayat 18-46 54,220- 05 07 Services) 1,33,630/- District Registrar (Registration 18-46 54,220- 06 06 Services) 1,33,630/- Deputy Superintendent of Jails (Men) 54,220 – 07 05 18-35 (Jails Service) 1,33,630/- Assistant Commissioner of Labour 54,220 – 08 08 18-46 (Labour Service) 1,33,630/- Assistant Excise Superintendent 51,320 – 09 30 21-35 (Excise Service) 1,27,310/- Municipal Commissioner – Grade-II 51,320 – 10 41 18-46 (Municipal Administrative Service) 1,27,310/- District Social Welfare Officer / District 54,220- 11 Scheduled Caste Development Officer 03 18-46 1,33,630/- (Social Welfare Service)  3 District Backward Classes Welfare Officer including Assistant Director 54,220- 12 (District Backward Classes 05 18-46 1,33,630/- Development Officer) (Backward Classes Welfare Service) District Tribal Welfare Officer (Tribal 54,220- 13 02 18-46 Welfare Service). 1,33,630/- District Employment Officer 51,320- 14 05 18-46 (Employment Service) 1,27,310/- Administrative Officer including Lay 51,320- 15 Secretary & Treasurer Grade II 20 18-46 1,27,310/- (Medical & Health Services) Assistant Treasury Officer / Assistant Accounts Officer / Assistant Lecturer in 51,320- 16 38 18-46 the Training College and School 1,27,310/- (Treasuries and Accounts Service) Assistant Audit Officer (State Audit 51,320- 17 41 18-46 Service) 1,27,310/- Mandal Parishad Development Officer 51,320- 18 (Panchayat Raj & Rural Development 140 18-46 1,27,310/- Service) TOTAL 563 The vacancies will be filled up as per the reservations applicable under Rule-22 and 22(A) of T.S. State & Subordinate Service Rules and Special Rules relating to the posts. NOTE: i) The carried forward vacancies are brought forward from previous recruitments. Selection/Appointment to such vacancies will be made first before the fresh vacancies, read with G.O. Ms. No. 277, GA (SC & ST Cell.B) Dept., dated: 22/03/1976. Unfilled / Non-Joining vacancies of this recruitment shall be carried forward to the next recruitment as per G.O. Ms. No.23, Backward Class Welfare (P2) Dept., dated:18/03/1996, G.O.Ms.No.81,G.A.(Ser-A)Dept.,Dt.22/02/1997 and G.O. Ms. No. 544 General Administration (Ser.A) Department, Dated 04/12/1998. ii) The details of vacancies viz., Community wise, Multi-Zone wise may be seen at Annexure-I. iii) The number of vacancies and Departments are subject to variation on intimation being received from the Department concerned. Addition of vacancies if any will be accepted only before the date of Preliminary Test and an addendum to that effect will be issued. Deletion of vacancies if any, can be effected up to the declaration of final selection. PARA-2: ELIGIBILITY: i. He/She is of sound health, active habits and free from any bodily defect or infirmity rendering him/her unfit for such service; ii. His/Her character and antecedents are such as to qualify him / her for such service; iii. He/She possesses the academic and other qualifications prescribed for the post; and iv. He/She is a citizen of India. PARA-3 EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS: 3.1 The candidate should possess the prescribed academic qualification as on the date of Notification i.e.,19/02/2024. In respect of educational qualifications claiming  4 equivalence for prescribed Educational Qualifications, the orders issued by the competent authority only will be considered. 3.2 It shall be noted that the result of requisite educational qualification must have been declared by the concerned University as on the date of Notification. Conduct of the Examination or mere processing of the result by the University by the cut-off date does not fulfil the Educational Qualifications requirement. Post Educational Qualifications as specified in Code Name of the Post the Service Rules of the department. No. Must possess a Bachelor’s Degree of any recognized University in India established or Deputy Collector [Civil incorporated by or under a Central Act, 01 Services (Executive Branch)] Provincial Act or a State Act or the Institutions recognized by the University Grants Commission or an equivalent qualification. Must possess a Bachelor’s Degree of any recognized University in India established or Deputy Superintendent of incorporated by or under a Central Act, 02 Police Category. II (Police Provincial Act or a State Act or an Institution Service) recognized by the University Grants Commission or an equivalent qualification. Must possess a Bachelor’s Degree of a recognized University in India established or Commercial Tax Officer 03 incorporated by or under a Central Act or a (Commercial Tax Services) State Act or any other equivalent recognized qualification. Must possess a Degree in Mechanical Engineering or Automobile Engineering or equivalent qualification of a recognized Regional Transport Officer 04 University in India established or incorporated (Transport Service) by or under a Central Act or a Provincial Act or a State Act or Institution recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC). Must possess a Bachelor’s Degree from any recognized University in India or incorporated District Panchayat Officer by or under Central Act, Provincial Act or a 05 (Panchayat Services) State Act or Institution recognized by the University Grants Commission or an equivalent qualification. Must possess a Bachelor’s Degree of a recognized University in India established or incorporated by or under a Central Act, District Registrar (Registration 06 Provincial Act or a State Act or an Institution Services) recognized by the University Grants Commission or any other equivalent qualification. Must possess a Bachelor’s Degree of a recognized University in India established or Deputy Superintendent of Jails 07 incorporated by or under a Central Act, or (Men) (Jails Service) State Act or other recognized equivalent qualifications.  5 Must possess a Degree of Bachelor of Arts, Commerce, Science or Engineering of any recognized University in India established or incorporated by or under a Central act or Provincial Act or a State Act or any other equivalent qualification granted by any institution recognized by the University Grants Assistant Commissioner of 08 Commission. Labour (Labour Service) Preference shall be given to those who possess in addition to the above any of the following qualifications “A Post Graduate Degree in Social Work with specialization in Labour welfare and personnel Management / Industrial Labour relations from a recognized University or Institution. Must possess a Bachelor’s Degree of any recognized University in India established or Assistant Excise Incorporated by or under a Central Act, 09 Superintendent (Excise Provincial Act or a State Act or of an Service) Institution recognized by the University Grants Commission or an equivalent qualification Must Possess a Bachelor’s Degree from any recognized University in India established or Municipal Commissioner – incorporated by or under a Central Act or a 10 Grade-II (Municipal Provincial act or a State Act or an institution Administrative Service) recognized by the University Grants Commission. District Social Welfare Officer / Must possess a Bachelor’s Degree of any District Scheduled Caste 11 recognized University in India or an equivalent Development Officer (Social qualification. Welfare Service) District Backward Classes Must possess a Bachelor’s Degree of a welfare Officer including recognized University in India established or Assistant Director ((District incorporated by or under a Central Act, a 12 Backward Classes State Act or a Provincial Act or an institution Development Officer) recognized by the University Grants (Backward Classes Welfare Commission or an equivalent qualification. Service)) Must possess a Bachelor’s Degree of a recognized University in India established or District Tribal Welfare Officer incorporated by or under provincial Act, 13 (Tribal Welfare Service). Central Act, State Act or an institution recognized by the University Grants Commission. Must possess a Bachelor’s Degree from a recognized University in India established or District Employment Officer incorporated by or under a Central Act or a 14 (Employment Service) State Act or a Provincial Act or any other equivalent qualification recognized by the University Grants Commission. Must possess a Bachelor’s Degree of any Administrative Officer recognized University in India established or including Lay Secretary & incorporated by or under a Central Act, 15 Treasurer Grade II (Medical & Provincial Act or a State Act or the Institutions Health Services) recognized by University Grants Commission or an equivalent qualification.  6 Assistant Treasury Officer / Assistant Accounts Officer / Must possess a Degree in Commerce OR Assistant Lecturer in the Economics OR Mathematics recognized by 16 Training College and School the recognized University Grants Commission (Treasuries and Accounts with at least a Second class in the subject. Service) Must possess a Bachelor’s Degree of a Assistant Audit Officer (State recognized University in India established or 17 Audit Service) Incorporated by or under a Central Act or a State Act or any other equivalent qualification. Must possess a Bachelor’s Degree from any recognized University in India or incorporated Mandal Parishad Development by or under Central Act, Provincial Act or a 18 Officer (Panchayat Raj & Rural State Act or Institution recognized by the Development Service) University Grants Commission or an equivalent qualification. 3.3 N.B:- Distance Education:-The Applicants who have obtained requisite Degrees through Open Universities / Distance Education mode are required to have recognition by the University Grants Commission / AICTE / Distance Education Bureau as the case may be. Unless such Degrees have been recognised by the relevant Statutory Authority, they will not be accepted for purpose of Educational Qualification vide its Public Notice No. F.27-1/2012 (CPP-II), Dt. 27/06/2013. (A university established or incorporated by or under a State act shall operate only within the territorial jurisdiction allotted to it under its Act and in no case beyond the territory of the State of its location). The onus of proof of recognition by the relevant Statutory Authority that their Degrees / Universities have been recognised rests with the candidate. 3.4 Equivalent Qualification: If the applicant possesses an equivalence of qualification other than prescribed qualification in the Commission’s Notification, applicant should produce a copy of the Orders of Equivalence issued by the competent authority. If such evidence is not provided, the candidature of the applicant will not be considered. In case of equivalence in subject related matters, an Expert Committee will be constituted including the Unit Officer by the Commission and the Commission will take a decision based on the report of the Expert Committee. 3.5 G.O. Ms. No: 282, General Administration (Ser-A) department, dated 20/09/2003 on eligibility of candidates with higher qualification is applicable in relevant cases. 3.6 PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: For Post Code Nos. 02 & 09: Must be not less than 165 Cms. in height and must be not less than 86.3 Cms. round the chest on full inspiration and has a chest expansion of not less than 5 Cms. on full inspiration; and Candidate should satisfy a Medical Board in Hyderabad to his Physique, Fitness and Capacity for active outdoor work and is certified by the Ophthalmic Surgeon, Osmania or Sarojini Devi Hospital, Hyderabad that his vision confirms up to the requirements specified below without the use of contact glasses. Explanation:- For the purpose of this Rule a contact glass or lens is defined as a glass shell, the concavity of which is in contact with the globs of the eye, a layer or liquid being interposed between the lens and the cornea. The meaning of the “glasses” wherever used below is to be interpreted as not covering contact glasses. Provided that a candidate belonging to Scheduled Tribe category for appointment by direct recruitment shall not be less than 164 Cms. in height and is not less than 83.8 Cms. round the chest with a minimum expansion of not less than 5 cms. on full inspiration.  7 Provided further that a Women candidate for appointment by direct recruitment shall not be less than 150 cms. in height and not less than 45.5 Kgs in weight. (a) The examination for determining the acuteness of vision includes two tests, one for distant and the other for near vision. Snellen’s test types will be used for the test for distant vision, without glasses at a distance of 6.10 metres, and for the test for near vision, without glasses, at any distance selected by the candidate. The standards of the minimum acuteness of vision which will be used for guidance in the examination of a candidate are as follows: STANDARD-I Right Eye Left Eye Distant Vision V–6/6 V–6/6 Near Vision-Reads 0.6 Reads 0.6 STANDARD-II Better Eye Worse Eye V- without glasses – Not below 6/6; and Distant Vision V–6/6 after correction with glasses not below 6/24 Near Vision Reads 0.6 Reads 1 STANDARD-III Better Eye Worse Eye Distant Vision- V without glasses – Not V- without glasses – Not below 6/24, below 6/24 and after correction with and after correction with glasses not glasses not below 6/6 below 6/12 Near Vision – Reads 0.6 Reads 0.6 (b) Each eye must have a full field of vision as tested by and movements. (c) Squint or any morbid condition of the eyes or of the lids of either eye liable to the risk of aggravation of recurrence will cause the rejection of the candidate. (d) Each eye will be examined separately and the lids must be kept wide open during the test. (e) Inability to distinguish the principal colours will not be regarded as cause for rejection, but the fact will be noted in the proceedings and the candidate will be informed. (f) The degree of acuteness of vision of all candidates for appointment will be entered in the proceedings in the following manner: V.R. Reads with glasses V.L. Reads with glasses For Post Code No. 07: Must not be less than 167.6 Cms in height and 86.3 Cms round the Chest on full inspiration with a minimum expansion of 5.0 Cms. Provided that in case of candidates belonging to Scheduled Tribes and Aborginal Tribes, where the reserved quota could not be fully utilized for want of sufficient number of such candidates possessing the requisite physical standards, the physical standards shall be as specified below:- Must not be less than 164.0 Cms. in height and 83.8 Cms round the Chest on full inspiration with a minimum expansion of 5.0 Cms. Note: Request for re-medical examination for physical requirements will not be entertained. The report submitted by Appellate Medical Board constituted for this recruitment at appropriate time will only be considered.  8 PARA-4 RESERVATIONS: 4.1. There will be Reservations in direct recruitment in respect of Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Castes, Backward Classes and Economically Weaker Sections, Persons with Disabilities and Horizontal Reservation in respect of Women and Meritorious Sportsperson as per Rule 22 & 22(A) of Telangana State and Subordinate Service Rules and G.O.Ms.No.35 General Administration (SER.D) Department, Dt. 13/02/2024. 4.2. The Rule of Reservation will be applicable in terms of General Rule 22 & 22 (A) of Telangana State and Subordinate Service Rules and as per the G.O. Ms. No. 3 Department for Women, Children, Disabled and Senior Citizens (Prog.I) Dt. 10/02/2024, amendment to Rule 22 and 22-A of the rules vide G.O.Ms.No.35 General Administration (SER.D) Department, Dt.13/02/2024. However, for PC.No.07 Men only are eligible as per Departmental Special Rules. NOTE: The candidates belonging to SC, ST, BC, EWS & PBDs and who avail upper age relaxation will also be considered for Open Category (OC) vacancies”. 4.3. As per Circular Memo No. 1987/A2/2022 GA(Ser.D) Department, Dt. 13/04/2022, reservation to disabled persons is applicable for all posts, however posts with PC No. 02, 04, 07 & 09 are exempted as per their respective Departmental Special Rules. For P C No. 03 PH reservation is applicable to HH & OH only as per the Departmental Special Rules. For PC. No. 10, PH reservation is restricted to VH, HH & OH only. 4.4. For Carry Forward PH vacancies, if eligible disabled candidates of that particular category are not available, the same shall be filled up by the method of interchanging as per G.O.MS. No. 96 General Administration (Ser.D) Department, Dt. 22/07/2019. Hence, candidates of all the disabled categories can apply. 4.5. Evaluation of various physical disabilities and procedure for certification will be as per orders contained in G.O.Ms.No.31, WD, CW & (DW) Dept., Dt: 01/12/2009. Physically Challenged candidates who are claiming reservations under Disability quota must note that they will be referred to State Medical Board (Appellate Medical Authority) after completion of certificate verification. The report of State Medical Board is final. 4.6. Request for re-medical-examination for assessment of disability will not be entertained under any circumstances. The report submitted by Appellate Medical Board constituted for this recruitment at appropriate time will only be considered and the report of State Medical Board is final. Note:-The Certificate formats are available on Commission’s website https://websitenew.tspsc.gov.in/certificateformats.jsp 4.7. The reservation to Meritorious Sports Person is applicable as per the amendments made to State and Subordinate Service Rules as per G.O.Ms.No.107, General Administration (Ser.D) Dept., Dt. 27-07-2018 that is in Rule-2, for sub-Rule (20) and in Rule-22 (i) in sub-Rule (2), for Class-D. In implementing the reservation to Meritorious Sports Person, G.O. Ms. No.05 YAT&C(Sports) Department, Dt. 14/05/2018 will be followed. In the event of non-availability of eligible Meritorious Sports persons, two percent (2%) reservation of posts for them stand lapsed. 4.8. Reservation to BC-E group will be subject to the adjudication of the litigation before the Hon’ble Courts including final orders in Civil Appeal No: 2628-2637 of 2010 in SLP(c). No.7388-7397of 2010, dated. 25/03/2010 and orders from the Government. 4.9. Non-Creamy Layer Certificate for BCs as per Form- VII B vide G.O. Ms.No.34 BC Welfare (OP) Department, Dt.08/10/2015 and G.O.Ms.No.20 BC Welfare (OP)Department Dt.31/10/2017 (Certificate issued in the name of candidate along with Father/Mother name only is acceptable) obtained from Revenue Authority not below the rank of Tahsildar working under Telangana Government. In case of failure to produce the same on the day of verification, the Candidature will be considered against open competition, if he/she is otherwise eligible in all aspects.  9 4.10. Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) reservation is applicable as per G.O.Ms.No.243 & 244 GA (SER.D) Dept., Dt.24/08/2021. 4.11. As per G.O.Ms.No.130, General Administration (Ser.D) Department, Dt. 09/11/2022, enhancing the reservations for Scheduled Tribes from 6% to 10% read with G.O.Ms.No.135, General Administration (Ser.D) Department, Dt. 23/11/2022. 4.12. Income certificate for the Financial Year prior to the year of application issued by Revenue Authorities not below the rank of Tahsildar working under Telangana government in the name of the Candidate with total income of the family for claiming EWS reservation. 4.13. Community:(a) The candidates belonging to SC & ST are required to produce Community Certificate issued by Revenue Authorities of Telangana State not below the rank of Tahsildar who is Competent Authority in terms of G.O.Ms No. 58, SW (J) Dept., dt: 12/5/97 read with G.O. Ms. No. 5 Scheduled Castes Development (POA.A2) Dept., dt. 08/08/2014, G.O. Ms. No. 11 Scheduled Castes Development (POA.A2) Dept., dt. 17/09/2014 and G.O. Ms. No. 2 Scheduled Castes Development (POA.A2) Dept., dt. 22/01/2015. As per Rule-2(29) of T.S. State and Subordinate Service Rules. Explanation: (a) No person who professes a religion different from Hinduism, Sikhism or Buddhism shall be deemed to be as member of a Scheduled Caste. (b)The candidates belonging to Backward Classes are required to produce Community Certificate (BC-A, BC-B, BC-C, BC-D & BC-E) issued by Revenue Authorities not below the rank of Tahsildar working under Telangana Government obtained through E-Seva vide G.O. Ms. No. 16 BCW (OP) Dept., Dt. 11/03/2015. (c) Income Certificate for claiming EWS Reservation issued by Revenue Authorities not below the rank of Tahsildar working under Telangana Government vide G.O. Ms. No. 244 General Administration (Ser.D) Department, Dt. 24/08/2021 and orders and instructions issued by the Government from time to time. 4.14. In the case of candidates who claim the benefit of reservation or relaxation from upper age limit on the basis of Caste/Tribe or Community/ Category the basic document of proof of Community/Category will be the Certificate issued by the Revenue Authorities not below the rank of Tahsildar working under Telangana government in the case of SC/ST/EWS and Non Creamy Layer Certificate issued by Revenue Authorities not below the rank of Tahsildar working under Telangana government in the case of Backward Classes. The list of Caste/Tribe/Community is as incorporated in Schedule-I of above Rules. The list is also appended at Annexure-III. The candidates have to produce proof of the community claimed in their application at all stages of selection along with the certificates relating to Educational Qualifications and local status certificates etc. Subsequent claim of change of community will not be entertained. Note:-The Applicants belonging to other States are not entitled for any kind of reservation. PARA-5: RESERVATION TO LOCAL CANDIDATES: 5.1 Local Reservation (95%) is applicable to all posts notified under Multi Zone-I and Multi Zone-II respectively is applicable as per Para-8 of G.O.Ms.No.124 General Administration (SPF-MC) Department, dated: 30/08/2018. 5.2 Definition of Local Candidate as per Para-7 of G.O.Ms.No.124 General Administration (SPF-MC) Department, Dated: 30.08.2018:- “(1) A candidate for direct recruitment to any post shall be regarded as a local candidate in relation to a local area,- (a) in cases where a minimum educational qualification has been prescribed for recruitment to the posts,- (i) if he has studied in an educational institution or educational institutions in such local area for a period of not less than four consecutive academic years ending with the academic year in which he appeared or, as the case may be, first appeared for the relevant qualifying examination; or (ii) where during the whole or any part of the four consecutive academic  10 years ending with the academic year in which he appeared or as the case may be first appeared for the relevant qualifying examination he has not studied in any educational institution, if he has resided in that local area for a period of not less than four years immediately preceding the date of commencement of the qualifying examination in which he appeared, or as the case may be, first appeared. (b) In cases where no minimum educational qualifications has been prescribed for recruitment to the post, if he has resided in that local area for a period of not less than four years immediately preceding the date on which the post is notified for recruitment. Explanations:-For the purpose of this paragraph,- (i) ‘educational institution’ means a University or any educational institution recognized by the State Government, a University or other competent authority; (ii) Relevant qualifying examination in relation to a post means,- (a) the examination, a pass in which is the minimum educational qualification prescribed for the post; (b) the Seventh Class examination or an examination declared by the State Government to be equivalent to the Seventh Class examination; whichever is lower ; (iii) in reckoning the consecutive academic years during which a candidate has studied, any period of interruption of his study by reason of his failure to pass any examination shall be disregarded; (iv) the question, whether any candidate for direct recruitment to any post has resided in any local area shall be determined with reference to the places where the candidate actually resided and not with reference to the residence of his parents or other guardian. (2) A candidate for direct recruitment to any post who is not regarded as a local candidate under sub-paragraph(1)in relation to any local area shall,- (a) in cases where a minimum educational qualification has been prescribed for recruitment to the post,- (i) If he has studied in educational institutions in the State for a period of not less than seven consecutive academic years ending with the academic year in which he appeared or as the case may be, first appeared for the relevant qualifying examination be regarded as a local candidate in relation to,- (A) Such local area where he has studied for the maximum period out of the said period of seven years; or (B) Where the periods of his study in two or more local areas are equal, such local areas where he has studied last in such equal periods; (ii) If during the whole or any part of the seven consecutive academic years ending with the academic year in which he appeared or as the case may be first appeared for the relevant qualifying examination, he has not studied in the educational institutions in any local area, but has resided in the State during the whole of the said period of seven years, be regarded as a local candidate in relation to,- (A) Such local area where he has resided for the maximum period out of the said period of seven years; or (B) Where the periods of his residence in two or more local areas are equal, such local area where he has resided last in such equal periods; (b) In cases where no minimum educational qualification has been prescribed for recruitment to the post, if he has resided in the State for a period of not less than seven years immediately preceding the date on which the post is notified for recruitment, be regarded as a local candidate in relation to,- (i) such local area where he has resided for the maximum period out of the said period of seven years; or (ii) where the periods of his residence in two or more local areas are equal such local area where he has resided last in such equal periods. (c) In cases where Visually Handicapped and Hearing Handicapped persons studied in the special schools meant for them, the native place of the parents of such Visually Handicapped and Hearing Handicapped persons.”  11 3) The following are the Present Multi Zones in the Telangana State vide G.O.Ms.No.124, G.A (SPF-MC) Dept., Dated: 30/08/2018 and amended vide G.O.Ms. No. 128, G.A. (SPF-I) Dept., Dated: 30/06/2021 read with G.O.Rt.No.74, Revenue (DA-CMRF) Dept.,dt:12/08/2021: Asifabad-Kumrambheem, Mancherial, Peddapalli, Jayashankar-Bhupalapalli-, Mulugu Districts Adilabad, Nirmal, Nizamabad, Jagityal Districts Multi Zone-I Karimnagar, Sircilla-Rajanna, Siddipet, Medak, Kamareddy Districts Kothagudem-Bhadradri, Khammam, Mahabubabad, Hanumakonda (Warangal Urban),Warangal(Warangal Rural) Districts Suryapet, Nalgonda, Bhongir-Yadadri, Jangaon Districts Medchal-Malkajgiri, Hyderabad, Ranga Reddy, Sanga Multi Zone-II Reddy, Vikarabad Districts Mahaboobnagar, Narayanpet, Jogulamba-Gadwal, Wanaparthi, Nagar Kurnool Districts PARA-6 AGE: 6.1 The candidates should possess the minimum and maximum age as prescribed for each post at Para-I (1.15) above as on 01/07/2024. The age is reckoned as on 01/07/2024 (Rule- 12(1) (a) (v) of Telangana State and Subordinate Service Rules). As per G.O.Ms.No. 30, General Administration (Ser.A) Dept., Dt: 08/02/2024 raised the maximum age limit from 44 years to 46 years for services other than uniform Services, G.O.Ms.No.31 General Administration (Ser.A) Dept., Dt: 08/02/2024 the maximum age limit as prescribed in the Special or Ad-hoc rules for appointment by direct recruitment has been raised further by 'two (2) years' in addition to "five (5) years" already raised in the ad-hoc rule issued in G.O.Ms.No.60, General Administration (Ser.A) Dept., Dated: 20/05/2022 for categories of posts of Uniform Services in Police, Fire, Prisons, Special Protection Force, Excise, Transport and Forest Departments. 6.2 For PC. No. 01, 03, 05 to 08 & 10 to 18: Minimum Age (18 years): An applicant should not be born after 01/07/2006. 6.3 For PC. No. 02, 04 & 09 Minimum Age (21 years): An applicant should not be born after 01/07/2003. 6.4 For PC. No. 01, 03 to 06, 08 & 10 to 18: Maximum Age (46 years): An applicant should not be born before 02/07/1978. 6.5 For PC. No. 02, 07 & 09: Maximum Age (35 years): An applicant should not be born before 02/07/1989. 6.6 Age Relaxations: The upper age limit prescribed above is however further relaxable in the following cases: Sl. No. Category of candidates Relaxation of age permissible 1. Telangana State Government Employees Up to 5 Years based on the length of (Employees of Corporations, regular service. Municipalities etc. are not eligible). 2. 3 years & length of service Ex-Servicemen rendered in the armed forces. 3. N.C.C. (who have worked as 3 Years & length of service Instructor in N.C.C.) rendered in the N.C.C. 4. SC/ST/BCs & EWS 5 Years 5. Physically Handicapped persons 10Years  12 Note: Provided that the age of the persons referred at Sl. No. 2&3 above, after making deductions referred to in Sub Rule–12 (c) (i) & (ii) of Telangana State and Subordinate Service Rules, shall not exceed the maximum age limit prescribed for the post. i) The age relaxation for Ex-servicemen is applicable for those who have been released from Armed forces other than by way of Dismissal or Discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency. ii) The age relaxation for NCC, a Person who was recruited as a whole-time Cadet Corpse Instructor on or after the 1st January, 1963 on his discharge from the NCC either before or after the expiry of the initial or extended tenure of his office in NCC having served for a period of not less than six months prior to his release from the NCC. N.B. However, no person shall be eligible if he/she is at superannuation age after availing the eligible age relaxations as on 01/07/2024 PARA-7 HOW TO APPLY: 7.1 HOW TO UPLOAD THE APPLICATION FORM: The Applicant has to go through the User Guide carefully before filling up/ submission of the online Application Form. 7.2 Those Candidates who have applied earlier for Group-I Services vide Notification No. 04/2022 Dt. 26/04/2022 (now cancelled) NEED TO LOGIN and RE-APPLY for this Notification AFRESH. Otherwise their candidature will not be considered for this Notification. Further, they need not pay any fee again, as they have already paid previously. Step-I: a) Before applying, the Applicant has to visit the website (https://www.tspsc.gov.in) and fill the OTR Form to obtain TSPSC ID. b) If already registered in the OTR, the applicant can directly access the application form using TSPSC ID. c) The applicant is advised to update all the latest details in the OTR before filling up the Application. d) The candidates while filling up the application, are advised to upload all the required certificates. (However, original certificates have to be produced for verification at the time of scrutiny before finalizing the selection list). e) While filling the OTR/Application Form, the applicant has to ensure that there are no mistakes in it. The Commission will not be held responsible for the mistakes, if any, made by the applicants. f) The applicant is also instructed to fill his/her application form himself/herself with utmost care instead of delegating to others. Step-II:- a) In order to fill the application form, the Applicant has to visit the website (https://www.tspsc.gov.in) and Click on the online Application Link provided on the website, then enter TSPSC ID and Date of Birth and login with OTP received on the registered Mobile number to proceed further. b) Applicant has to verify the details fetched from OTR database pertaining to Name, Date of Birth, requisite Educational Qualifications, Community, Gender, Disability, Ex-Servicemen & Sports etc., displayed on the screen. c) If the details are not tallied and need to be changed, he/she should update the details in OTR first and re-login to the application. d) In addition to the details obtained from OTR database, specific details of Notification such as Examination Centre to be selected, required qualification and declarations etc., should be filled by the applicant. e) Preview and Edit facility is available to make changes and then click on SAVE & PAYMENT button for proceeding to next step of making online payment of fee through payment gateway. f) Those applicants who have earlier applied for Notification. No.04/2022 Dt. 26/04/2022, (now Cancelled) and paid the fee, need not Pay the fee again for this Notification.  13 Step-III:-The applicant should pay the prescribed fee as specified through any of the four modes of payment online i.e., Net Banking, Debit Card, Credit Card and UPI duly following the instructions appearing on the screen. Step-IV:-After payment of fee, the PDF application will be generated which contains the particulars furnished by the applicant. The applicant must download a copy of his/her submitted form (PDF). The Reference ID Number in the PDF application form has to be quoted for future reference/ correspondence. 7.3 Applicant shall note that, the details available in OTR database at the time of submitting the application will only be considered for the purpose of this Notification. Hence, the candidate is advised to update / edit the details in OTR form before submitting online application form. The Time and Date of submission of the application will be printed on the application PDF form. Changes made by the applicant in OTR details after submission of application form will not be considered for the purpose of this Notification. 7.4 The Commission is not responsible for any discrepancy in Bio-data particulars submitted in the application form. The applicant is therefore advised to strictly follow the instructions and User guide in his/her own interest before submitting the application. 7.5 Applicant must compulsorily fill-up all relevant columns of the application form. The eligibility of the applicant will be decided based on the particulars given in the online application form in terms of Notification and it is validated by the software and it will be taken as final. For eg: If an applicant fails to update the OTR regarding his/her PH status before applying, the applicant will not be considered for PH vacancies. Applicant should therefore be very careful, while entering the data and uploading / submitting the application form online. 7.6 Incomplete / incorrect application form will be rejected. The information if any furnished by the applicant subsequently in any form will not be entertained by the Commission under any circumstances unless specifically called for by the Commission. Applicant should be careful in filling-up the application form and submission. If any lapse is detected during the scrutiny/verification of certificates, the candidature will be rejected even though he/she comes through the final stage of recruitment process or even at a later stage. 7.7 Before uploading/submission of application form, the applicant should carefully ensure his/her eligibility for this examination. No relevant column of the application form should be left blank, otherwise application form will not be accepted. 7.8 The Commission will not make any corrections in the application form submitted by the applicant. 7.9 Applicant must click on CONFIRM & SUBMIT button after filling and checking the preview of the application thoroughly. Otherwise the application particulars will not be saved in the database. 7.10 Handwritten / Typed / Photostat copies/ outside printed Application Form will not be accepted. The Commission will not be held responsible for the applications submitted in any other mode. 7.11 For any Technical problems related to Online submission and downloading of Hall- Tickets please contact 040-23542185 or 040-23542187, Off: 040-22445566 or 040-24746887 (Call Time: 10.30 A.M to1.00P.M & 1.30 P.M to 5.00 P.M on working days) or mail to [email protected]. 7.12 No correspondence will be entertained to accept application / extend the date after closing the date of submission of application. PARA-8: FEE: 8.1 Application Processing Fee:- Each applicant must pay Rs. 200/- (Rupees Two Hundred Only) towards Online Application Processing Fee.  14 8.2 Examination Fee:- Each applicant has to pay 120/- (Rupees One Hundred and Twenty Only) towards Examination Fee, subject to following: a) All unemployed candidates are exempted from payment of examination fee, and b) All Employees of any Government (Central / State / PSUs / Corporations / Other Government Sector) shall pay the prescribed examination fee. Note: Those applicants who have earlier applied for Notification. No.04/2022 Dt. 26/04/2022, (now Cancelled) and paid the fee, need not Pay either of the fees again for this Notification. 8.3 Mode of Payment of Fee: The Fee mentioned at Para-8 (8.1&8.2) is to be paid online through payment gateway duly following online instructions once the application form details are submitted. The fee once remitted, shall not be refunded or adjusted under any circumstances. Failure to pay the Application Processing fee and Examination fee, wherever applicable, will entail total rejection of application. Unless full payment of both Examination fee (unless exempted) and Application fee is made, the candidature of the applicant will not be considered and no correspondence or concession in this regard will be entertained. PARA- 9: SCHEME OF EXAMINATION: The Scheme of examination for Preliminary Test and Main Examination is prescribed as per G.O. Ms. No. 55 General Administration (Ser.A) Department, Dt.25/04/2022 and as amended vide G.O. Ms. No. 29 General Administration (Ser.A) Department, Dt. 08/02/2024. The Syllabus for the examination has been shown in ANNEXURE-II PARA-10: CENTERS FOR THE PRELIMINARY TEST AND WRITTEN (MAIN) EXAMINATION: 10.1 Preliminary Test if conducted in the OMR based offline mode, will be held in all the following District centres. 1) Asifabad-Komarambheem 18) Warangal 2) Mancherial 19) Hanumakonda 3) Peddapalli 20) Suryapet 4) Jayashankar-Bhupalapalli 21) Nalgonda 5) Mulugu 22) Bhongir-Yadadri 6) Adilabad 23) Jangaon 7) Nirmal 24) Medchal-Malkajgiri 8) Nizamabad 25) Hyderabad 9) Jagityal 26) Ranga-Reddy 10) Karimnagar 27) Sanga Reddy 11) Sircilla-Rajanna 28) Vikarabad 12) Siddipet 29) Mahaboobnagar, 13) Medak 30) Narayanpet 14) Kamareddy 31) Jogulamba-Gadwal 15) Bhadradri-Kothagudem 32) Wanaparthi 16) Khammam 33) Nagarkurnool 17) Mahabubabad 10.2 Applicants have to choose any Ten (10) District Centers in order of preference for Preliminary Test in OMR based Mode. District Centres once chosen shall be final. The Commission however reserves the right to allot applicants to any District Centre other than the District Centre chosen by the applicant or to remove / create a new Centre for administrative reasons. Request for change of the District Centre will not be entertained. 10.3 If the Preliminary Test (Objective Type) is conducted in COMPUTER BASED RECRUITMENT TEST (CBRT Mode), Preliminary Test will be held in erstwhile 10 districts. Applicants have to choose order of preference of District Centers from the following erstwhile Districts for Preliminary Test. District Centres once chosen shall be final.  15 1) Adilabad 6) Ranga Reddy 2) Karimnagar 7) Nizamabad 3) Warangal 8) Mahaboobnagar 4) Khammam 9) Medak 5) Hyderabad 10) Nalgonda 10.4 Candidates have to select District Centres in both the Modes of Examination. 10.5 The Written Examination (Main) will be held at HYDERABAD (including HMDA Jurisdiction) or any other District Centres as decided by the Commission. Note:- However, the Commission reserves the right either to increase or decrease the number of Centres. PARA-11: RESOLVING OBJECTIONS RELATED TO QUESTIONS, PRELIMINARY KEY AND OTHER MATTERS OF PRELIMINARY TEST AND VALUATION OF DESCRIPTIVE TYPE EXAMINATION FOR WRITTEN (MAINS): 11.1 The question paper is set in English and translated in to Telugu/Urdu language. English version will be considered as the authentic version for valuation purpose. 11.2 Invalidation of OMR Answer Sheet: a. If any applicant fails to bubble or wrongly bubbles the Question Booklet Series / Number, Hall Ticket Number on the OMR Answer Sheet, such Answer sheets are invariably invalidated as the answer sheets are valued by Optical Mark Reader. This stipulation is to avoid any sort of human interface in evaluation of the Scripts. b. Tampering of OMR answer sheet by using whitener, eraser, blade and chalk powder etc., and also tampering of barcode by any means leads to invalidation. c. No request for reconsideration of such rejected/invalidated cases will be entertained. 11.3 The Commission publishes the key on its website after conduct of the Preliminary Test. Any objections with regard to the questions / Key shall be filed within the stipulated period through the link provided in the TSPSC website, after publication of the key. The objections received physically in the form of representations or through emails are not entertained in any circumstances. Any objection(s) received after the last date for receipt of objections on key would not be entertained. 11.4 The objections received in the prescribed proforma within due date will be referred to Expert Committee for opinion to take appropriate decision thereon by the Commission. Final key will be hosted as per decision of the Commission. 11.5 The marks for the deleted questions, if any, will be awarded to each candidate proportionately and the marks would be considered up to 3 (three) decimal figures, to determine the merit of the candidate. 11.6 Objections on final key will not be entertained. The decision of the expert committee is final. 11.7 Answer key for Preliminary Test would be published on the website after completion of Examination. The Images of OMR Sheets will be hosted on the Commission’s website https://www.tspsc.gov.in for reference. Candidates by entering the required Login credentials can download the Images of OMR Sheets. Candidates are advised to retain their Images of OMR Sheets for future purpose until completion of the recruitment process. Duplicate Images of OMR Sheets will not be issued under any circumstances. PARA-12 PROCEDURE OF SELECTION 12.1 Procedure of selection will be as per G.O. Ms. No. 55 General Administration (Ser.A) Department, Dt.25/04/2022 and as amended vide G.O. Ms. No. 29 General Administration (Ser.A) Department, Dt. 08/02/2024. (A) There will be a Preliminary Test (Objective type) comprising General Studies and Mental Ability. This Test is meant for short listing the number of  16 candidates to be admitted to the Written (Main) Examination. The Preliminary Test will be conducted in English, Telugu & Urdu. (B) The number of candidates to be admitted to the Written (Main) Examination (Conventional Type) would be Fifty (50) times to the total number of vacancies available in each Multi-Zone. Provided that, in case of any shortfall in respect of candidates in reserved categories as laid down in Rules 22 and 22 (A) of Telangana State and Subordinate Service Rules-1996, action shall be taken to include such number of candidates from the merit list beyond 1:50 ratio as required to meet the shortfall in the respective categories. (C) The Main Examination will be conducted in English, Telugu & Urdu. The papers, except General English, in the Main Examinations shall be answered in English or Telugu or Urdu only as chosen by the candidates. A candidate is not permitted to write part of the paper in English and Part of it in Telugu or Urdu. (D) The Paper on General English is a qualifying one and the standard of this paper is that of Secondary School Certificate. The minimum qualifying marks in this paper are: For the candidates belonging to OCs, Sports men & EWS – should not be less than 40%;BCs - not less than 35%; SCs, STs and PH – not less than 30%. The Marks obtained in this paper are not counted for ranking. 12.2 In case of candidates getting same marks in Preliminary Test (Objective Type): If the total marks of two or more candidates are equal, then the local status of the candidates is considered for ranking i.e., candidates local to Telangana are given first positions, then other than Telangana candidates are given the next positions. If the total marks and local status of more than two candidates are equal, then date of birth of the candidates is taken for ranking i.e., the elder candidate is given prior rank. If total marks, local status and date of birth of two or more candidates are equal, then the ranks are awarded based on the date of passing of the required qualifying Examination. If then also two or more candidates are equal in all aspects, the percentage of marks in the required qualifying Examination will be taken for awarding the rank i.e., the candidate having higher percentage in the required qualifying examination is given prior rank. If then also two or more candidates are equal in all aspects, their higher qualification will be taken into account. If then also two or more candidates are equal in all aspects, the date of passing of the higher qualification will be taken into account for ranking and even if the ranking is same, the percentage of marks in higher qualification will be taken as criteria for awarding the rank. Commission’s decision will be final in all other exceptional cases other than the cases mentioned above 12.3 In case of candidates getting same marks in Main Examination (Conventional Type): If the total marks of two or more candidates are equal, then the local status of the candidates is considered for ranking i.e., candidates local to Telangana are given first positions, then other than Telangana candidates are given the next positions. If the total marks and local status of more than two candidates are equal, then date of birth of the candidates is taken for ranking i.e., the elder candidate is given prior rank. If total marks, local status and date of birth of two or more candidates are equal, then the ranks are awarded based on the marks obtained by the candidates, in Paper –I, candidate getting higher marks in Paper-I would be given priority, even then if tie continues then highest marks in Paper –II would be given priority, even then if tie continues then highest marks in Paper –III would be given priority, even then if tie continues then highest marks in Paper –IV would be given priority, even then if tie continues then highest marks in Paper –V would be given priority. If then also two or more candidates are equal in all aspects, the date of passing of the required qualifying examination will be taken into account for consideration for ranking. If then also two or more candidates are equal in all aspects as indicated above, the percentage of marks in the required qualifying examination will be taken for awarding the rank i.e., the  17 candidate having higher percentage in the required qualifying examination is given prior rank. If then also two or more candidates are equal in all aspects, their higher qualification will be taken into account. If then also two or more candidates are equal in all aspects, the date of passing of the higher qualification will be taken into account for consideration for ranking and even if the ranking is same, the percentage of marks in higher qualification will be taken as criteria for awarding the rank. Commission’s decision will be final in all other exceptional cases other than the cases mentioned above. 12.4 Once medium is chosen, the candidate has to write answers in the medium chosen by him/her only. If there is any deviation from paper to paper or part of the paper, the candidature would become invalid. All 06 (Six) papers have to be written in the chosen medium only completely. 12.5 In respect of evaluation of the Mains Examination Answer scripts, the Commission will resort to Digital Evaluation mode or Conventional mode depending upon administrative and operational convenience. 12.6 Those candidates who qualify in the written examination in order of merit will be called for verification of certificates Multi Zone wise, Community wise and category wise for the vacancies available at that time. 12.7 Candidates have to produce Original documents and other particulars on the day of verification itself. If candidate fails to produce any of the required original certificates and if the particulars furnished by him/her in the Application does not tally with the Original documents produced by him / her, then his / her candidature will be rejected /disqualified without any further correspondence. Those candidates who are called for verification of certificates should furnish their order of preference of posts & Multi-zone by exercising Web-Options and submit at the time of verification of certificates, which are final, failing which their candidature shall not be considered for further selection process. The selections will be confined only to the Web Options exercised by the candidates. Under no circumstances he/she will be considered for the posts / Multi-Zone where preference was not indicated. 12.8 Qualifying Marks in Main Examination: - The minimum marks to qualify for selection shall be: not less than 40% of the aggregate marks in all papers for the candidates belonging to OC, EWS & Meritorious Sportsperson; not less than 35% for BC and not less than 30% for SCs, STs and PH. In the event of SC and ST candidates not coming up for selection with the minimum marks prescribed above for selection, their selection shall be considered on the basis of rank with reference to their performance in the written examination irrespective of the marks secured. N.B.: Mere securing minimum qualifying marks does not vest any right in a candidate for being considered for selection. 12.9 The candidate qualified for the Written (Mains) Examination must appear for all the papers in Written (Mains) Examination. Absence in any paper will automatically render his/her candidature for disqualification. 12.10 The candidates will be selected and allotted to Service /Multi-zone as per their merit in the Written (Mains) Examination and their eligibility to the post according to age and qualification, as per order of Preference (Web-Options) duly following the prescribed reservations and the local status as per the Presidential Orders. 12.11 The appointment of selected candidates will be subject to their being found medically fit in the appropriate Medical Examination, provided he/she is of sound health, active habits free from any bodily defect or infirmity, satisfactory character and conduct.  18 12.12 The applicant should be willing to serve anywhere in Telangana State. PARA-13:IMPORTANT LEGAL PROVISIONS GOVERNING THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS: 13.1 Vacancies: The recruitment will be made to the vacancies notified before the preliminary test only. There shall be no waiting list as per G.O. Ms. No. 81 General Administration (Ser.A) Department, Dated 22/02/1997 and G.O. Ms. No. 544 General Administration(Ser.A) Department, Dated 04/12/1998 and as per Rule 6 of TSPSC Rules of Procedure 13.2 Unfilled and Non-Joining vacancies will be Carried Forward to next recruitment 13.3 This Recruitment is entrusted to TSPSC along with Finance Clearance vide G.O.Ms. No.26 Finance (HRM.VII) Department, Dt.23/03/2022, G.O.Ms.No.40 Finance (HRM.VII) Department, Dt.11/04/2022, and G.O.Ms.No.52 Finance (HRM.VII) Department, Dt.20/04/2022, G.O.Ms.No.57 Finance (HRM.VII) Department, Dt.23/04/2022, G.O. Ms. No. 16 Finance (HRM.VII) Department, Dt.03/02/2024 13.4 Recruitment:- The Recruitment will be processed as per this Notification and also as per the Rules/G.Os and Instructions issued by the Government and also as decided by the Commission from time to time in terms of respective Special Rules/Adhoc Rules governing the Recruitment vide following G.Os:- PC No. 01) G.O. Ms. No. 1066, Rev. (Ser.) Dept., Dt. 26/10/1992, G.O.Ms.No.120 Revenue (Ser.I) Dept., Dt.01/06/2016, G.O.Ms.No.211, General Administration (SPF-II) Dept., Dt. 04/08/2021. PC No. 02) G.O. Ms. No.137, Home (Police-E) Dept., Dt. 01/06/1998, G.O.Ms.No.55 Home (Legal) Dept., Dt. 12/05/2016, G.O. Ms.No.170, General Administration (SPF-II) Dept., Dt. 04/08/2021. G.O. Ms. No. 7 Department for Women, Children, Disabled & Senior Citizens (PROG.II) Dept.,Dt.20/04/2022, G.O.Ms.No. 19 Home (Legal) Dept., Dt. 20/05/2022. PC No. 03) G.O. Ms. No. 360, Revenue (CT-I) Department, Dt. 23/04/1994 read with G.O. Ms. No.203, Revenue (CT-I) Department, Dt. 10/03/2010, G.O.Ms.No.138, Revenue (Commercial Taxes-I) Department, Dt.01/06/2016, G.O. Ms. No.209, General Administration (SPF-II)Dept., Dt.04/08/2021, G.O.Ms.No.11, DW CD & SC (Prog.II) Dept.,dt:20/04/2022. PC No. 04) G.O. Ms. No. 7 Transport, Roads and Buildings, (TR.SER) Department, Dt.28/01/2021, G.O. Ms. No. 213, General Administration (SPF-I) Dept., Dt. 04/08/2021, G.O.Ms.No.9, Department for Women, Children, Disabled & Senior Citizens (PROG.II) Dept.,Dt.20/04/2022, G.O. Ms. No. 19 Transport, Roads and Buildings, (TR.SER) Department, Dt. 23/04/2022. PC No.05) G.O.Ms.No.347 Panchayat Raj and Rural Development (E.VI) Dept., Dt. 21/11/2001, G.O. Ms. No. 40, Panchayat Raj and Rural Development (Pts.VI) Dept., Dt. 01/06/2016. G.O. Ms. No. 204, General Administration (SPF-II) Dept., Dt.04/08/2021, G.O. Ms. No. 34 Panchayat Raj & Rural Development, Dt.12/09/2022. PC No.06) G.O.Ms.No.525, Revenue (Regn-I), Department, Dt.21/05/2009, G.O.Ms.No.108, Revenue (Registration -I) Dept., Dt.30/05/2016, G.O.Ms.No.208, General Administration (SPF-II) Dept., Dt. 04/08/2021. PC No.07) G.O. Ms. No. 316 Home (Prisons. A) Department, Dt. 17/08/1996, G.O. Ms. No. 166, General Administration (SPF-II) Dept., Dt. 04/08/2021, G.O. Ms. No. 7 Department for Women, Children, Disabled & Senior Citizens (PROG.II) Dept., Dt.20/04/2022. PC No. 08) G.O. Ms. No. 71, Women Development, Child Welfare & Labour (Lab.IV) Department, Dt.08/06/1993 read with G.O.Ms.No.86, Labour, Employment, Training & Factories (Lab.IV) Department,Dt.29/09/2008, G.O. Ms. No. 192, General Administration (SPF-II) Dept., Dt. 04/08/2021. PC No. 09) G.O. Ms. No. 36, Rev (Ex.I) Department, Dt..19/04/2022, G.O. Ms. No. 206, General Administration (SPF-II) Dept., Dt.04/08/2021,G.O.Ms.No.8 Department for Women, Children, Disabled & Senior Citizens (PROG.II) Dept., Dt. 20/04/2022, G.O.Ms.No. 19 Home (Legal) Dept., Dt. 20/05/2022. PC No. 10) G.O. Ms. No. 109, Housing, Municipal Administration and Urban Development (L1), (M.A.) Dept., Dt. 17/02/1990 read with G.O. Ms. No. 280,  19 Municipal Administration & Urban Development (L2), Dept., Dt. 13/06/2002, G.O.Ms.No. 61, Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MA) Dept.,Dt.26/03/2022. G.O.Ms.No.180, Municipal Administration & Urban Development (A1) Dept., Dt. 02/12/2015, G.O. Ms. No. 195, General Administration (SPF-II) Dept., Dt. 04/08/2021, G.O. Ms No. 15 Department for Women, Children, Disabled and Senior Citizens, (PROG-II) Dept., Dt. 25/04/2022 PC No. 11) G.O. Ms. No. 12 SCD (Ser.) Dept., Dt. 16/08/2022, G.O.Ms.No. 212, General Administration (SPF-II) Dept.,Dt.04/08/2021. PC No. 12) G.O. Ms. No. 35, Backward Classes Welfare (P2) Dept., Dt.09/07/1996, G.O.Ms.No.29 Backward Classes Welfare (A) Dept., Dt.30/09/2015, G.O.Ms. No. 148, General Administration (SPF-II) Dept., Dt. 04/08/2021, G.O.Ms. No. 15 BC.W(A) Department Dt. 08/09/2022. PC No. 13) G.O. Ms.No. 123, Social Welfare (TW.SER.I-2) Dept., Dt. 23/12/1999 read with G.O. Ms. No. 69, Social Welfare (TW.SER.I-2) Dept., Dt.27/09/2010 G.O. Ms. No.215, General Administration (SPF-II) Dept., Dt. 04/08/2021, G.O.Ms. No. 22 Tribal Welfare (Ser.I.A1) Department, Dt. 24/08/2022. PC No. 14) G.O. Ms. No. 107, Education (Emp.) Dept., dt. 30/04/1993, G.O. Ms. No. 191, General Administration (SPF-II) Dept., Dt.04/08/2021. PC No. 15) G.O. Ms. No. 458, Health Medical & Family Welfare (C2) Dept., Dt.14/10/1998 read with G.O.Ms.No.129 Health, Medical and Family Welfare (C2) Department, Dt. 25/06/2009, G.O. Ms. No. 177, General Administration (SPF-I) Dept., Dt.04/08/2021. PC No. 16) G.O. Ms. No. 953, General Administration (Rules) Dept., Dt:29/06/1962, G.O.Ms.No.69 Finance (TFR) Dept., Dt. 30/05/2016, G.O. Ms. No. 161, General Administration (SPF-I) Dept., Dt.04/08/2021. G.O.Ms.No.55, Finance (ADMN.I) Department, Dt. 21/04/2022. PC No. 17) G.O. Ms. No. 113, Finance (ADMN.-II) Dept., dt.20/05/2014, G.O. Ms. No. 163, General Administration (SPF-I) Dept., Dt. 04/08/2021. G.O.Ms. No. 54, Finance (ADMN.II) Department, Dt. 21/04/2022. PC No. 18) G.O. Ms. No. 347Panchayat Raj and Rural Development (E.VI) Dept., Dt. 21/11/2001 read with G.O. Ms. No.330, Panchayat Raj and Rural Development (E.VII.2) Dept., Dt. 28/10/2004. G.O. Ms. No.204, General Administration (SPF-II) Dept., Dt. 04/08/2021, G.O.Ms. No 34 PR & RD, Dt. 12/09/2022 and as per Government Orders issued from time to time, and other related G.Os, Rules etc., applicable in this regard. 13.5 Rules: All are informed that the various conditions and criteria prescribed herein are governed by State and Subordinate Service Rules-1996, read with the relevant Special Rules applicable to any particular service by respective departments. Any guidelines or clarification is based on the said Rules. In case of any matter which requires clarification will be processed as per the relevant General and Special Rules in force. 13.6 Constitutional Provisions:-The Commission is empowered under the provisions of Article 315 and 320 of the Constitution of India read with relevant laws, rules, regulations and executive instructions and all other enabling legal provisions in this regard to conduct examination for appointment to the posts notified herein, duly following the principle of order of merit as per Rule 3 of the TSPSC Rules of Procedure read with reference to relevant statutory provisions and ensuring that the whole recruitment and selection process is carried out with utmost regard to maintain secrecy and confidentiality so as to ensure that the principle of merit is followed. 13.7 Local:-The Local Reservations shall be followed as per Telangana Public Employment (Organization of Local Cadres and Regulation of Direct Recruitment) Order, 2018, G.O.Ms.No.124, General Administration (SPF-MC), Department, Dated 30/08/2018 as amended vide G.O.Ms. No. 128, G.A. (SPF-I) Dept., Dated: 30/06/2021 and other orders issued by the Government of Telangana from time to time and other related G.Os, Rules etc., whichever are applicable. 13.8 Multi-Zone:- The posts are classified into Multi-Zone posts. The local reservation is applicable. 13.9 Employee Details:-The persons already in Government Service/ Autonomous bodies/Government aided institutions etc., whether in permanent or temporary  20 capacity or as work charged employees are required to inform in writing to the Head of the Office / Department, that they have applied for this recruitment, as the case may be. They are further required to submit the “No Objection Certificate” from the Head of the Office / Department concerned to the Commission as and when required to do so. Persons who become employed after submission of application or at any later stage of this recruitment shall also submit “No Objection Certificate” from the Head of the Office /Department concerned to the Commission as and when required to do so. 13.10 A) Penal Action:- The Commission is also empowered to invoke the penal provisions of the Telangana State Public Examinations (Prevention of Malpractices and Unfair means) Act, 1997 (Act No.25/1997) for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto and as per the Rules of Procedure of TSPSC published in Telangana Gazette No: 60 dated 28/12/2015 in respect of this Notification. B) Disqualification for appointment: A candidate shall be disqualified at any stage as per Rule-12(4) of Telangana State and Subordinate Service Rules. PARA-14 ANNEXURES: 14.1 The candidate shall go through the Annexures before filling the application form. Annexure-I Breakup of Vacancies. Annexure-II Scheme and Syllabus. Annexure-III List of Communities. Annexure-IV List of the recognized sports. Annexure-V Payment gateway. Annexure-VI Instructions to candidates. Annexure-VII Criteria of Normalization. PARA-15 MEMORANDUM OF MARKS:- 15.1 The marks secured in the Preliminary Test will not be counted for Ranking. The marks of the Preliminary Test will not be notified as it is a Screening Test. 15.2 The marks list of Main Examination (total marks) of all the candidates will be displayed on the Commission’s website. However, Paper wise Memorandum of Marks of all candidates can be accessed in their respective Logins for a period of one week. 15.3 Request for recounting of marks will be considered for Conventional Type (Written) Test only within 15 days after publication of Provisional Marks List on payment of Rs. 1000/- (Rupees One Thousand only) for each paper through online payment only. 15.4 The request for recounting shall be submitted only through online. 15.5 Rejected, Invalid, disqualified, ineligible candidates will not be issued any Memorandum of Marks and fees paid by such candidates, if any, will be forfeited to Government account, without entertaining any correspondence in this regard. Request for revaluation will not be entertained under any circumstances as per Rule-3 (ix) (d) of Commission’s Rules of Procedure. PARA-16: DEBARMENT: 16.1 Candidates should make sure of their eligibility to the posts applied for and that the declaration made by them in the format of application regarding their eligibility is correct in all respects. Any candidate furnishing incorrect information or making false declaration regarding his/her eligibility at any stage or suppressing any information is liable to be debarred from appearing in any of the examinations to be conducted by the Commission in future besides summarily rejecting his/her candidature for this recruitment. 16.2 The Penal Provisions of T.S. Public Examinations (Prevention of Malpractices and Unfair means) Act, 1997 (Act No.25/1997) and as per the Rules of Procedure of  21 TSPSC published in Telangana Gazette No: 60 dated 28/12/2015 in respect of this Notification shall be invoked if malpractice and unfair means are noticed at any stage of the Recruitment. 16.3 The Commission is vested with the constitutional duty of recruitment and selection as per rules duly maintaining utmost secrecy and confidentiality in the process. Any attempt by anyone causing or likely to cause breach of this constitutional duty in such manner or by such action as to violate or likely to violate the fair practices followed and ensured by the Commission will be sufficient cause for rendering such questionable means as ground for debarment and penal consequences as per law and as may be decided by the Commission. 16.4 Any candidate found to be impersonating or resorting to any other irregular or improper means in connection with his / her candidature for selection or obtaining support of others, such a candidate may in addition to rendering himself/ herself liable to criminal prosecution, will be debarred permanently from any exam or selection held by any Public Service Commission in the country. 16.5 If Candidate himself/herself or through relations or friends or any others has canvassed or endeavored to enlist for his candidature with extraneous support, whether from official or non-official sources for appointment to any State Service or Subordinate Service shall be disqualified. 16.6 ANY ELECTRONIC GADGETS / DEVICES ARE BANNED: The Candidates are not allowed to bring any electronic devices or Gadgets such as Smart / Mobile Phones, Calculators, Tablets, iPad, Bluetooth, Pagers, Programmable Devices or Storage Media like Pen-drive, Smart Watches, Camera etc., or any other equipment or related accessories either in working or switched off mode capable of being used as a communication device during the examination. Loaning and interchanging of stationery articles among the applicants is not permitted in the examination hall and any form of malpractice will not be permitted in the exam hall. Candidates are advised not to bring any of the banned items including mobile phones to the venue of the examination, as arrangement for safe – keeping cannot be assured. 16.7 Any infringement / unfair means of the above instructions as per Act No. 25/1997 shall entail disciplinary action published in State Gazette No. 35, Part-IV-B Extraordinary Dt. 21/08/1997 (as adapted by the Telangana Adaptation of Laws Order, 2016) if noticed, at any stage of the Recruitment shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than three years and may extend up to seven years alongwith fine which shall not be less than Rupees Five Thousand, which may extend up to Rupees One Lakh. PARA 17: SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES: 17.1 Candidates are directed to follow the Commission’s website (https://www.tspsc.gov.in) regularly to know the latest developments of this Recruitment and any changes/ Modifications /Addendum / Corrigendum, dates of Examination, calling of candidates for verification of Certificates / Results etc. Candidates may note that no individual communication will be sent. Hence, they must regularly visit the TSPSC website for updates such as Edit option, Merit List, List of candidates shortlisted for Certificate Verification, schedule of certificate verification /Medical board, etc. 17.2 Candidates are advised to go through the Instructions to Candidates enclosed to this Notification at Annexure-VI PARA- 18: COMMISSION’S DECISION TO BE FINAL: 18.1 The decision of the Commission in all aspects and in all respects pertaining to the application and its acceptance or rejection as the case may be, conduct of examination, and at all consequent stages culminating in the selection or otherwise of any candidate shall be final in all respects and binding on all concerned, under the powers vested with it under Article 315 and 320 of the Constitution of India, Commission also reserves its right to alter or modify conditions laid down in the Notification during the entire process of recruitment and selection or withdraw/ cancel the Notification at any time, duly intimating  22 details thereof to all concerned, as warranted by any unforeseen circumstances arising during the course of this process, or as deemed necessary by the Commission at any stage. Sd/- Place: Hyderabad Dr. E. NAVEEN NICOLAS, I.A.S., Date: 19/02/2024 SECRETARY  23 ANNEXURE–I TELANGANA STATE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION::HYDERABAD GROUP-I SERVICES (GENERAL RECRUITMENT) CONSOLIDATED PROVISIONAL VACANCY POSITION Multi PH EX- GRAND PC. NAME OF THE POST OC EWS BC-A BC-B BC-C BC-D BC-E SC ST SPORTS TOTAL Zone VH HH OH MH SER TOTAL Deputy Collector MZ1 6 2 2 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 - - - - - 20 1 [Civil Services, 45 (Executive Branch)] MZ2 8 2 2 2 1 1 1 4 3 1 - - - - - 25 Deputy MZ1 19 5 4 4 1 3 2 8 5 - - - - - 1 52 Superintendent of 2 115 Police Category - II MZ2 25 6 5 5 1 3 2 9 6 - - - - - 1 63 (Police Service) Commercial Tax MZ1 5 1 1 1 - - 2 1 - - 1 - - - 12 3 Officer (Commercial 48 Tax Services) MZ2 12 4 3 3 1 1 1 5 4 - 1 1 - - - 36 Regional Transport MZ1 2 - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - 3 4 Officer (Transport 4 Service) MZ2 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 District Panchayat MZ1 2 - 1 - - - - 1 - - - - - - - 4 5 Officer (Panchayat 7 Services) MZ2 2 - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - 3 District Registrar MZ1 2 - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - 3 6 (Registration 6 Services) MZ2 1 - - - - - - 1 - - 1 CF - - - - 3 Deputy MZ1 1 - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - 2 Superintendent of 7 5 Jails (Men) (Jails MZ2 2 - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - 3 Service) Assistant MZ1 2 - 1 - - - - 1 - - - - - - - 4 Commissioner of 8 8 Labour (Labour MZ2 2 - 1 - - - - 1 - - - - - - - 4 Service)  24 Multi PH EX- GRAND PC. NAME OF THE POST OC EWS BC-A BC-B BC-C BC-D BC-E SC ST SPORTS TOTAL Zone VH HH OH MH SER TOTAL Assistant Excise MZ1 5 1 1 1 - - - 2 1 - - - - - - 11 9 Superintendent 30 (Excise Service) MZ2 7 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 - - - - - - 19 Municipal Commissioner – MZ1 2 - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - 3 10 Grade-II (Municipal 41 Administrative MZ2 14 4 3 3 1 1 1 5 4 1 1 - - - - 38 Service) District Social Welfare Officer / MZ1 1 - - - - - - - - - 1 CF - - - - 2 District Scheduled 11 3 Caste Development Officer (Social MZ2 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 Welfare Service) District Backward Classes Development Officer MZ1 1 - - - - - - 1 - 1 CF - - - - - 3 including Assistant Director (District 12 5 Backward Classes Development Officer) (Backward MZ2 1 - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - 2 Classes Welfare Service) District Tribal MZ1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Welfare Officer 13 2 (Tribal Welfare MZ2 1 - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - 2 Service) 1+ District Employment MZ1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 1CF 14 Officer (Employment 5 1+