APPSC Forest Beat Officer, Assistant Beat Officer Recruitment Notification 2025

ANDHRA PRADESH PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION::VIJAYAWADA
NOTIFICATION NO.06/2025, DATED: 14/07/2025
DIRECT RECRUITMENT TO THE POST OF FOREST BEAT OFFICER AND ASSISTANT BEAT OFFICER IN A.P. FOREST SUBORDINATE SERVICE
(GENERAL / LIMITED RECRUITMENT)

Applications are invited through online mode for recruitment to the post of Forest Beat Officer and Assistant Beat Officer in A.P. Forest Subordinate Service for a total of 691 vacancies (256 + 435) including Meritorious Sportsperson (MSP) vacancies for candidates within the age group of 18 – 30 years as on 01.07.2025. Candidates shall apply online through the Commission’s Website https://psc.ap.gov.in The application submission window will be opened from 16/07/2025 to 05/08/2025 up to 11:59 (midnight). Both the Screening and Main Examination will be objective type and held in offline (OMR based) mode. The dates for both Screening and Main Examination will be announced separately. (APPSC Forest Beat Officer Recruitment Notification 2025)

Forest Beat Officer Recruitment Notification vacancies:-

ELIGIBILITY:

1. He / She is of sound health, active habits and free from any bodily defect or infirmity rendering him / her unfit for such service;
2. His / Her character and antecedents are such as to qualify him/her for such service;
3. He /She possesses the academic and other qualifications prescribed for the post; and
4. He/ She is a citizen of India.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION:

The candidate should possess the prescribed academic qualification as on the date of this notification. The date of this notification shall be the crucial date for calculating the experience including the practical experience. In respect of other than prescribed Educational Qualification, claiming equivalence, the decision of the concerned Department (Unit Officer) shall be final.

Educational Qualifications & Physical requirements

1.Must have passed Intermediate Examination or its equivalent.
2.Physical Requirements:

1. No person shall be eligible for appointment by direct recruitment to the post of FBO / ABO in the Service, unless he is not less than 163 Cms in height not less than 84 Cms round the chest on full inspiration and has a chest expansion of not less than 5 Cms on full inspiration.
2. In case of women candidates, they must not be less than 150 Cms in height, not less than 79 Cms round the chest on full inspiration and a chest expansion of not less than 5 Cms on full inspiration.
3. Provided the minimum height is relaxable by 5 Cms, in the case of the candidates who belong to Gurkhas, Nepalese, Assamese, NAFA, Naga, Manipur, Gauhati, Kummoni, Sikkimese, Bhutanese and Scheduled Tribes.
4. Provided further that in the case of candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes, where the reserved quota cannot be fully utilized for want of sufficient number of candidates possessing the requisite physical qualifications, the physical standards shall not be less than 158 Cms in height and not less than 78.8 Cms round the chest on full inspiration with a minimum expansion of 5 Cms.
5. The candidate should possess normal eye sight apart from the physical requirements prescribed above.
6. The eligible candidates selected in written test shall be subjected to the test of walking. In case of Male candidates, a distance of 25 Kms walking is to be completed in 4 hours duration. In case of Women candidates, a distance of 16 Kms is to be completed in 4 hours duration.
   Note: The walking test is only a Physical endurance test and shall not carry any marks. It is treated as a qualifying test.
7. For qualified candidates, weightage shall be given to the NCC certificate holders having requisite qualifications, Physical measurements at the time of selection, as follows:
   NCC-“C” Certificate holder – 5 bonus marks. NCC-“B” Certificate holder – 3 bonus marks. NCC-“A” Certificate holder – 1 bonus mark.

The final selection shall be done from among the persons who have qualified in Physical Tests (walking test and Medical examination) and CPT based on the marks secured in written examination duly observing roster points and the bonus marks wherever applicable.

N.B: Common for Men and Women: Must undergo a Medical Examination to be conducted by the Medical Board at Rajamahendravaram and produce a health certificate signed by the Medical Board in the form prescribed by Article 49 of the Civil Service Regulation testifying to the candidates sound hearing and general physical fitness for outdoor work in the Forest Department and to the fact that he/she bears on his/her body marks of successful vaccination.

HOW TO APPLY:

• STEP-I: The applicant desires to apply for the post shall login the Commission’s Website with his/her registered OTPR number. Candidate applying for the first time for any notification has to first fill the OTPR application carefully to obtain OTPR ID. While filling the OTPR, the candidate has to ensure that the particulars are filled correctly. The Commission bears no responsibility for the mistakes, if any, made by the candidates. If candidates choose to modify they may do so by clicking the modify OTPR make the modification, save them and proceed to STEP-II.
• STEP-II: The Applicant has to Login in the Commission’s website with the User Name (OTPR ID) and the Password set by Candidate. After Login, the Applicant has to click on the “Online Application Submission” present in the bottom right corner of the Commission’s website. The applicant now has to click on the Fill Application button against the notification number that he / she wants to apply.
• STEP-III: After checking all the data and ensuring that the data is correct the applicant has to fill application specific data such as Local/Non Local status, White card details etc., which are also used to calculate the Fee. Hence if any details are to be changed, applicant should use the modify OTPR link, modify the details, save it and again click on online application submission.

PAYMENT PROCESS:

The applicant has to check the basic details for calculation of the fee and age relaxation will be pre-populated from the OTPR data. The applicant has to verify all the details that are displayed. Once the payment form is submitted, the respective details (used for Calculation of fee and age relaxation) will not be altered in any stage of application processing. On successful submission, the payment reference ID is generated and SMS alter sent to the registered Mobile Number of the candidate. The candidate can download the filled application pdf for ready reference / correspondence.

FEE:

1. Applicant must pay Rs. 250/- (Rupees two hundred and fifty only) towards application processing fee and Rs 80/- (Rupees Eighty only) towards examination fee.
2. However, the following categories of candidates are exempted from payment of examination fee Rs.80/- only.
   i) SC, ST, BC & Ex-Servicemen.
   ii) Families having household supply white card issued by Civil Supplies Department, A.P. Government. (Residents of Andhra Pradesh).
   iii) Un-employed youth as per G.O.Ms.No.439, G.A (Ser- A) Dept., dated: 18/10/1996 should submit declaration at an appropriate time to the Commission.
   iv) Applicants belonging to the categories mentioned above (except Ex-Servicemen) hailing from other States are not entitled for exemption from payment of fee and not entitled for claiming any kind of reservation.
   v) Candidates belonging to other States shall pay the prescribed fee of Rs.80/- (Rupees Eighty only), along with processing fee of Rs. 250/- (Rupees two hundred and fifty only). Otherwise such applications will not be considered and no correspondence on this will be entertained.

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