R.1 Short Title

       These rules may be called the Andhra Pradesh Educational Service Rules.
       

R.2 Constitution

       The service shall consist of the following classes and categories of posts. CLASS-I

R.3 Method of appointment and appointing authority

       The method of appointment and appointing authority for different categories of posts of service shall be as follows:

R.4 Conditions for appointment

       Promotion to every post in the service shall be made on grounds of merit and ability, seniority being considered only where merit and ability are approximately equal. The transfer of a person from one Class or Category or Grade of the service to another Class or Category or Grade carrying the same pay or scale of pay, shall not be treated as first appointment to the latter for purpose of seniority; and the seniority of a person so transferred shall be determined with reference to the date of his first appointment to the Class or Category or Grade from which he was transferred.

R.5 Rule of Reservation

       (1) The rule of special representation (General Rule 22 of A.P. State and Subordinate Services) shall apply to appointment by direct recruitment to the posts in all categories.
       (2) In the matter of direct recruitment to any Category, 33 1/3% of posts in each category of OC, BC-A, BC-B, BC-C, BC-D, SC and ST shall be reserved for women. A vacancy in an institution or establishment specially provided for women shall be filled in by transfer of women members of the said category employed in an institution or establishment, not specially provided for women.
       (3) Government orders issued from time to time in this connection, shall be made applicable.
       

R.6 Qualifications and Experience

       (1) No person shall be eligible for appointment to the categories specified in column 2 of Annexure to these rules by the method specified in column 3 unless he/she possesses the qualifications specified in the corresponding entry in column 4 thereof.
       (2) Wherever a post graduate degree or degree is prescribed, it shall mean that it should have been obtained from one of the universities in Andhra Pradesh or recognised and equivalent to the degrees awarded by the universities in Andhra Pradesh.
       [(3) Where a second class post graduate degree of a University is prescribed, for the purpose of promotions and transfers, it shall mean that it should have been obtained with not less than 50% of marks in the degree awarded by the university or as may be prescribed by the University concerned, and for Direct Recruitment, it shall mean that it shou

R.7 Age

       No person shall be eligible for appointment by direct recruitment to any post in the service if he/she has completed 30 years of age as on the 1st day of July of the year in which the notification for recruitment is made. Concessions extended by the Government from time to time to BC, SC and ST in respect of age applicable to the direct recruits.

R.8 Minimum Service

       No person shall be made eligible for promotion or for recruitment by transfer to any post in the service unless he has put in not less than three years of service in the category/class from which promotion or recruitment by transfer is to be made.

R.9 Probation

       Every person appointed to any category, by direct recruitment shall be on probation for a total period of two years on duty within a continuous period of 3 years and every person appointed to any category either by promotion or recruitment by transfer shall be on probation for a total period of one year duty within a continuous period of 2 years from the date on which he/she commences probation.

R.10 Training and Appointment

       (1) Every person who has been selected for appointment by direct recruitment to the service in Category 1 of Class III shall be appointed subject to fulfillment of the following conditions.
       (i) The prescribed course of teachers training in a College for Teacher Education Institute of Advanced Studies in Education and obtain a degree in teaching of University in the State if he/she does not possess the Bachelor s Degree in Education at the time of selection.
       (ii) A course of Administrative Training for a period not exceeding six months in such manner as may be prescribed by the Director of School Education.
       (2) Every person who is selected for appointment by direct recruitment in Category 1 of Class III and who possess at the time of selection a degree in teaching of a university in the State

R.11 Tests

       The tests prescribed for the members of the service are set forth in the following table.
       Explanation 1 Where a test is prescribed of a language of higher standard a person shall be exempted from passing the test if he/she passed the language as a subject in Intermediate examination or its equivalent or higher degree. Where a test is prescribed of a language of Lower Standard a person shall be exempted from passing the test if he/she has passed the language as a subject in SSC Examination or its equivalent or higher degree.
       Explanation 2All persons who have crossed 45 years of age shall be exempted from passing departmental tests for promotion to the next higher category above the one held of her/him. This benefit is extended to ensure that every employee gets atleast one promotion during his entire service.
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R.12 Unit of Appointment

       For the purpose of recruitment, appointment, seniority, discharge for want of vacancy, promotion, transfer and re-appointment the Unit of appointment shall be as specified in the table below:-

R.13 Savings

       Nothing contained in these rules shall adversely effect the holders of the posts on the date on which these rules have come into force.

ANNEXURE.1 .

       ANNEXURE (See Rule-6)
       ANNEXURE
       (See Rule-6)
       Class
        Category
        Method of
       Recruitment
        Qualifications
       
       (1)
        (2)
        (3)
        (4)
       
       
       I
        2
        By promotion
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