Group 1 is 149 posts, to be notified on 15 September 2026. Group 2 is 673 posts, to be notified on 15 October 2026. Both were sanctioned in a government order on 22 August 2026, which cleared 10,060 posts in four phases. The post-by-post break-up is below.
Source: G.O.Ms.No.81, Finance (HR-I Planning and Policy) Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh, dated 22 August 2026. Checked against the totals stated in the order itself.
| Post | Vacancies |
|---|---|
| Deputy Superintendent of Police, Category 2 (Civil) | 36 |
| Divisional Development Officer | 35 |
| Assistant Audit Officer | 14 |
| Assistant Commissioner (State Tax) | 14 |
| Municipal Commissioner, Grade 2 | 12 |
| Deputy Collector | 11 |
| Deputy Registrar of Co-operative Societies | 10 |
| District Social Welfare Officer | 4 |
| Deputy Superintendent of Police (Communication) | 3 |
| District Employment Officer | 3 |
| Regional Transport Officer | 3 |
| District Tribal Welfare Officer | 3 |
| Assistant Treasury Officer or Assistant Accounts Officer | 1 |
| Total | 149 |
More than half the Group 1 list is police and development posts. Deputy Collector, the post most people picture when they say Group 1, is 11 of the 149.
| Post | Vacancies |
|---|---|
| Deputy Tahsildar | 200 |
| Deputy Mandal Parishad Development Officer | 176 |
| Senior Accountant | 90 |
| Assistant Section Officer, General Administration | 59 |
| Junior Accountant | 48 |
| Goods and Services Tax Officer | 40 |
| Prohibition and Excise Sub Inspector | 25 |
| Assistant Registrar of Co-operative Societies | 10 |
| Assistant Section Officer, Law | 8 |
| Sub-Registrar, Grade 2 | 7 |
| Municipal Commissioner, Grade 3 | 6 |
| Assistant Section Officer, Finance | 4 |
| Total | 673 |
Deputy Tahsildar and Deputy Mandal Parishad Development Officer are 376 of the 673 between them. If you are preparing for Group 2, those two are what the odds are built on.
The same order cleared 10,060 posts in four phases. Group 1 is in the second phase and Group 2 in the third, which is why Group 2 comes a month later.
| Phase | Posts | Notified | Includes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phase 1 | 1,523 | 15 May 2026 | already notified, by the Higher Education department |
| Phase 2 | 3,231 | 15 September 2026 | includes Group 1 |
| Phase 3 | 2,311 | 15 October 2026 | includes Group 2 |
| Phase 4 | 2,995 | 15 October 2026 | school education |
149. The government order of 22 August 2026 cleared 149 Group 1 posts, to be notified on 15 September 2026. The largest single blocks are 36 Deputy Superintendent of Police posts and 35 Divisional Development Officer posts, with 11 Deputy Collector posts.
673, to be notified on 15 October 2026. Deputy Tahsildar alone is 200 of them and Deputy Mandal Parishad Development Officer another 176, so those two posts are more than half the Group 2 list.
15 September 2026. Group 1 sits in Phase 2 of the 2026 job calendar.
15 October 2026, a month after Group 1. Group 2 sits in Phase 3.
10,060 direct recruitment posts in four phases, across APPSC, the police recruitment board and the school education department.
This page carries what the government order sanctions. The notification itself will add the things the order does not settle: the exact vacancy break-up by category and zone, the application window, the fee, and the cut-off date for age.
When the notification is published, read it yourself, cover to cover, on the day it appears.