18 to 42 years for most posts in both Group 1 and Group 2, counted on 1 July of the year the notification comes out, with five years more for SC, ST, BC and EWS candidates. Several posts are tighter than that, and a bachelor's degree is required either way.
Source: the APPSC notification documents themselves, notifications 11/2023 for Group 2 and 12/2023 for Group 1.
Age is counted on 1 July of the year the notification comes out.
| Post | Age |
|---|---|
| Deputy Superintendent of Police and the other uniform posts | 21 to 30 |
| One post in the last notification | 18 to 30 |
| One post in the last notification | 21 to 28 |
| One post in the last notification | 18 to 28 |
| Post | Age |
|---|---|
| One post in the last notification | 20 to 42 |
| One post in the last notification | 18 to 30 |
The upper limit moves for several groups. These are the relaxations the last notifications listed.
| If you are | The upper limit moves by |
|---|---|
| Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Backward Classes and EWS | five years |
| People with benchmark disabilities | ten years |
| Ex-servicemen, and NCC instructors | three years, on top of the length of service |
| Serving regular Andhra Pradesh state government employees | up to five years |
| In Group 2, SC and ST women who are widowed, divorced or judicially separated and have not remarried | the upper limit becomes 48 |
A bachelor's degree. A few posts ask for a named subject, such as economics or law.
Both exams are open to graduates of any discipline for most posts, so a degree in arts, science, commerce or engineering is equally valid unless the post names a subject.
18 to 42 years for most posts, counted on 1 July of the year the notification comes out. Some posts are tighter. In the last Group 1 notification the uniform posts ran 21 to 30, 21 to 28 and 18 to 28.
Five years. People with benchmark disabilities get ten. Ex-servicemen and NCC instructors deduct three years plus their length of service.
A bachelor's degree. A few posts ask for a named subject, such as economics or law.
1 july of the year the notification comes out. The notification states the exact cut-off date, so check that line when it is published.
Not on the last notification's rules. The uniform posts ran 21 to 30 in notification 12/2023, not 18 to 42. Age relaxations may still apply to you, so read the age paragraph of the notification itself before deciding.
Read off the notification documents themselves, notifications 11/2023 for Group 2 and 12/2023 for Group 1, which are on the commission's website.