Rule 1. Constitution: -
B. Ordinary
Categories:
C. Special
Categories:
Rule 2. Method of Appointment and Promotion:
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Post |
Method
of Recruitment |
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(1) |
(2) |
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Special Category Additional Director of Agriculture |
Promotion from category 2 - Sub. By G.O.Ms.No.235, Agr., Dt.28-8-96,
w.e.f. 17-11-1996 Ins by G.O.Ms.No.1026, F&A, Dt.15-11-74, w.e.f. 1-4-1973 |
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Category-1:
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Omitted by G.O.Ms.No.235, Agr., Dt. 28-8-1996, w.e.f.
17-11- 1961
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Category-2:
Joint Directors of Agriculture
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Promotion from category 3.
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Category-3:
Deputy Directors of Agriculture
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Promotion from category 5.
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Category-3A
Deputy Directors (Statistics) |
By promotion of Assistant Director (Statistics)
(Category-6), who has ordinarily put in a service of not less than five (5)
years in the said category of Assistant Director (Statistics) - Ins. by
G.O.Ms.No 137, Agri., & Co-operation (FP.I), Dt. 02-7-2012.
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Category-4:
Agricultural Engineers |
(i) Promotion of Assistant Agricultural Engineer in
Category 7; or
(ii) By transfer of Assistant Engineers in the Engg.
Service, if no qualified and suitable candidates are available for promotion.
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Category-5:
Assistant Directors of Agriculture
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Recruitment by transfer/promotion from the common
category of Agricultural Officer and Agricultural Officer (Soil Conservation
Sub Division) working in Andhra Pradesh Agricultural Service - G.O.Ms.No.259,
Agri. & Co-operation (FPI), Dt. 28-8-2007
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Category-6:
Assistant Director (Statistics)
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Recruitment by transfer from the category of
Agricultural and Statistical Assistant in the Andhra Pradesh Agricultural
Subordinate Service or Direct Recruitment - Subs. by G.O.Ms.No. 137, Agri.
& Co-operation (FP.I), Dt. 02-7-2012.
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Category-7:
Assistant Agricultural Engineer
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(a) Recruitment by transfer from category of Supervisors
in the A.P. Agricultural Subordinate Service; or
(b) Recruitment by transfer from the category of
Supervisors in the A.P. Engineering Subordinate Service or in the Andhra
Pradesh Industrial Subordinate Service; or Direct Recruitment - Sub. by
G.O.Ms.No. 960, F&A., Dt. 27-6-1972.
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Rule3. Reservation of Appointments:
Rule 4. Age Qualifications:
Provided ex-Defence personnel duly qualified shall be eligible for appointment if he has not completed 40 years of age and be given preference other things being equal.
The age limit prescribed in this rule shall be reckoned with reference to the first day of July of the year in which the selection is made.
Rule 5. Other qualifications:
In the event of suitable candidates with the required practical experience or training - for appointment to the posts in
category 7 not becoming available, a person without the practical
experience or training can be recruited
direct or by transfer to
the post of Assistant
Agricultural Engineer, as the case may be. The candidate
thus selected and appointed
shall be given such
training as may be prescribed by
the Government. During the
period of training, the candidates
recruited direct on or after
1st January, 1976 shall be paid the initial pay
of the post for which he is a trainee
with usual allowances admissible at the place
of training, and the candidates recruited by transfer shall be
paid either at the rate applicable to
the direct recruits or the
pay Last drawn by them
prior to their selection and appointment whichever is advantageous.
He shall be allowed to
count the period of his training
as duty for all proposes like
probation, pension, leave, increment, etc., subject to
the restriction that he shall
not be eligible for the first increment
until he completes the said training
- G.O.Ms.No.656, F&A., (Ag,.I), Dt. 15-11-1978.
(b) No person shalt be eligible for appointment by transfer to any category other than category-7 unless he has passed the Account test for Executive Officers - Sub. by G.O.Ms.No.960, F&A., Dept., Dt.27-6-1972.
Rule 6. Test and Training:
(a)
In the posts coming under Category 7—
Provided that in the case of persons allotted from the Telangana area, they should pass the said tests within a period of two years from the date of appointment to the category.
[(b) In other posts for direct recruits only—
(1) Account Test for Executive Officers;
(2)
Departmental Test.
(i) A person recruited
direct to the post of Assistant
Director of Agriculture during the period from 25th June, 1975
to 31st December, 1975,
shall within the prescribed period of probation undergo
practical training for
a period of six months. During this period, he shall
be paid the minimum oldie scale of pay of Assistant
Agricultural Officers plus the Dearness
Allowance admissible under the rules. He shall
not be entitled to count this period for increments
in the time scale of pay.
(ii) A person recruited to the post of Assistant Director of Agriculture on or after 1st January, 1976 shall within the prescribed period of probation undergo practical training for a period of six months. During this period of training, he shall be paid the initial pay of the post for which he is a trainee with usual allowances admissible at the place of training. He shall be allowed to count the period of his training as duty for all purposes like probation, pension, leave and increments, subject to the restriction that he shall not eligible for the first increment until he completes the training - G.O.Ms.No. 656, F & A, Dt. 15-11-1978.
Rule 7. Probation:
Provided that in the case of a person who is already appointed to a post in a category in the service and is a probationer or an approved probationer or a full member in that post or Category, no separate probation is necessary on his appointment to another post in the same or any other category of the same grade;
Provided further that a probationer in a post in a category appointed to another post in the same or another category of the same grade, shall be eligible to count towards his probation the period of duty performed by him in the latter post or category if during such period he would have held the post in the former category or post but for the appointment to the latter category or post.
Rule 8. Postings and transfers:
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Category |
Method
of recruitment |
Qualifications |
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(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
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Category
4: Agricultural
Engineers |
Promotion
or Transfer |
(i)
A degree of B.E., (Mech. Branch) of any University in India Established or
incorporated by or under a Central Act, Provincial Act or a State Act and
Institutions recognized by the Central University Grants Commission or the
degree of B.Sc., (Eng.) of the Banaras Hindu University or the Diploma in
Mechanical Engineering of the College of Engineering, Guindy, or of the
Technological Diploma Examination Board and Practical Experience in a
Workshop for a period of not less than one year or B.Tech., in Agricultural
Engineering. (ii) Experience for a period of not less than
one year in the manufacture of Agricultural implements; and (iii) Familiarity with farming practice in South
India - Sub. by G.O.Ms.No.960, F & A, Dt. 27-6-1972. |
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Category 5: Assistant Directors of Agriculture |
Direct
recruitment |
(i)
The degree of B.Sc., in Agriculture of any University
in India established or incorporated by or under a
Central Act, Provincial Act or a State Act and Institutions recognized by the
Central University Grants Commission or the Diploma in Agriculture of
recognized College of Agriculture; and Post-graduate
degree in Agriculture; and (ii) Evidence of ability to plan and organize with experience in agricultural
extension (or) community development. |
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Transfer |
Recruitment
by transfer / promotion from the common category of Agricultural Officer and
Agricultural Officer (Soil Conservation Sub-Division) working in the Andhra
Pradesh Agricultural Service. Note: The
Agricultural Officer (Soil Conservation Sub-Division) with B.Tech
(Agricultural Engineering) on promotion shall be posted against the posts of
Assistant Director of Agricultural (Soil Conservation) - G.O.Ms.No.259, Agri.
& Coop. (FP.I),. Dt. 28-8-2007. |
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Category 6: Assistant Direct (Statistics) |
Direct
Recruitment |
(i) A first of
second-class degree Director
Recruitment in Agriculture, Mathematics, (Statistics) Statistics, Economics or Commerce
of any University in India established or incorporated by or under
a Central Act, Provincial
Act or a State Act
and Institutions recognized by the
Central University Grants Commission - Subs. by G.O.Ms.No.137, Agri.,
to Co-operation (FP.I), Dt.02-7-2012. (ii) Post-Graduate work for at least two years in the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in Statistics leading to M.Sc., or its equivalent; and (iii) Practical experience in Statistics in field experiments for not less than six months - Sub. by
G.O.Ms.No.960, F&A., Dt.27
-6-1972.
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Transfer |
(i)
A degree in Agriculture, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics or Commerce of a
University in India established or incorporated by or under a Central Act,
Provincial Act or a State Act and Institutions recognized by the Central
University Grants Commission; and (ii) Special Training in Agricultural Statistics
for a period of one year at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute or
Training for a period of not less than five years as Agricultural Assistant
in the Andhra Pradesh Agricultural Subordinate Service; or (iii) Experience is Statistical Assistant in
Agriculture Department for a period of three years with not less than five
years in the Andhra Pradesh Agricultural Subordinate Service. |
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Category
7: Assistant
Agricultural
Engineers |
Direct
Recruitment |
(i) The Degree in B. Tech. (Agricultural Engineering) of the Indian
Institute of Technology, Kharagpur or B.E. (Mech. Branch) of a university or
a Diploma in Mechanical Engg. of the college of Engineering, Guindy,
or of the Technological
Diploma Examination Board in the State or the L.A.E. Diploma of the Technological Diploma Examination Board in the State; and (ii)
Practical Experience in Servicing, maintenance and repairs of tractor or
Boring Machinery and allied machinery including maintenance of stores
and field work for a period of not less than one
year. Note: Agricultural Engineering Graduates will be preferred to Civil
Engineering Graduates and Engineering Graduates will be selected only when
Agricultural Engineering Graduates are not available.
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Transfer |
(i) (a) The degree of B. Tech. (Agri). Engineering) of
the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur or B.E. (Mechanical Branch) or
a recognized University or a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering, Guindy or of
the Technological Diploma Examination Board or the LAE Diploma of the
Technological Diploma Examination Board in the State - GO.Ms.No.960,
F&A., Dt. 27-6-1972.
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