APPSC exam calendar 2026 out for 21 recruitments; OMR tests from January 27 to February 13
Anu Parthiban | December 4, 2025 | 08:26 AM IST | 3 mins read
APPSC Recruitment 2026: Most exams will be held in five district centres — Visakhapatnam, East Godavari, NTR, Tirupati, and Ananthapuramu – in offline mode.
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The Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission has published the APPSC exam calendar for the 21 posts in various government departments for the year 2026. The APPSC recruitment exams will be conducted in two phases – phase 1 from January 27 to 31 and phase 2 from February 9 to 13 – in OMR-based test.
As per the APPSC exam calendar 2026, the first spell of exams will be held from January 27 to 31, for posts such as agriculture officer, technical assistant (Geo-Physics), junior lecturer (library science), assistant engineer, hostel welfare officer, assistant executive engineer, horticulture officer, junior officer assistant.
The second spell will be from February 9 to 13 for forest beat officer, assistant beat officer, thanedar, executive officer grade-III, and forest section officer exams. All the 21 posts require candidates to qualify two papers.
For multiple posts, APPSC has stated that qualifying the single General Studies and Mental Ability (GS and MA) paper with the minimum cut-off is mandatory. In some cases, a common qualifying test will be used, it said.
The exams will be held majorly in two shifts - forenoon session will be conducted from 9.30 am to 12 noon and afternoon session from 2.30 pm to 5 pm.
APPSC exam calendar 2026
The commission said that it will conduct the exams for most posts at five district centres — Visakhapatnam, East Godavari, NTR, Tirupati, and Ananthapuramu.
Recruitment for forest beat officer, thanedar in AP Forest Sub-ordinate Service, executive officer grade-III in AP Endowments Sub-ordinate Service will be held in the erstwhile 13 districts of Andhra Pradesh.
Post / Recruitment | Exam Dates for General Studies and Mental Ability paper 1 | Subject paper |
Agriculture Officer | January 27 (FN) | January 28 (AN): Agriculture (Paper II) |
Technical Assistant (Geo-Physics) | January 27 (FN) | Jan 28 (FN): Geo-Physics (Paper II) |
Junior Lecturer (Library Science) | January 27 (FN) | January 28 (FN) Library & Information Science (Paper II) |
Hostel Welfare Officer, Gr-II (Women) | January 27 (FN) | January 28 (FN) Education (Paper II) |
Assistant Executive Engineer (Civil) | January 27 (FN) | January 28 (AN) Civil and Mechanical (Paper II) January 29 (AN): Civil Engineering (Paper III) |
Horticulture Officer | January 27 (FN) | January 28 (FN): Qualifying English and Telugu January 29 (AN): Horticulture–I (Paper II) January 30 (FN): Horticulture–II (Paper III) |
Assistant Engineer | January 27 (FN) | January 30 (FN): Civil/Mech (Paper II) |
Assistant Motor Vehicle Inspector | January 27 (FN) | Jan 28 (FN): Automobile Engineering (Paper II) |
Junior Office Assistant (Prisons) | January 27 (FN) | Jan 30 (AN): English and Telugu (Paper II) |
Assistant Inspector of Fisheries | January 27 (FN) | January 29 (AN): Basic and Applied Fisheries (Paper II) |
Warden Grade-I | January 27 (FN) | January 29 (FN): Education / Sociology / Social Work (Paper II) |
Royalty Inspector (Mines and Geology) | January 27 (FN) | January 28 (AN): Geology (Paper II) |
Inspector of Factories | January 27 (FN) | January 29 (FN): Industrial and Occupational Safety, Health & Environment (Paper II) |
Junior Accounts Officer, Senior Accountant, Junior Accountant | January 27 (FN) | January 30 (FN): Commerce (Paper II) |
Zilla Sainik Welfare Officer | January 27 (AN) | January 30 (FN): English (Paper II) January 30 (AN): Elementary Mathematics (Paper III) |
Welfare Organiser (Sainik Welfare) | January 27 (AN) | January 28 (FN): Secretarial Abilities (Paper II) |
Draughtsman Grade-II (Forest) | January 31 (FN) | January 29 (FN): ITI Civil Draughtsman (Paper II) |
Forest Beat Officer and Assistant Beat Officer (Mains) | February 9 (AN) | February 10 (FN): General Science and Mathematics (Paper II) February 9 (FN): Essay (Qualifying) |
Thanedar (Forest) | Feb 9 (AN) | February 9 (FN): Essay (Qualifying) February 10 (AN): General Science & Mathematics (Paper II) |
Executive Officer Grade-III (Endowments) | February 11 (FN) | February 11 (AN): Hindu Philosophy and Temple System (Paper II) |
Forest Section Officer (Mains) | February 12 (AN) | February 12 (FN): Qualifying English and Telugu February 13 (FN): Mathematics (Paper II) February 13 (AN): General Forestry (Paper III) |
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