APPSC Group 2 2026: 720 posts, 203 Deputy Tahsildar jobs, apply by December 11

The Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) issued its detailed Group 2 recruitment notification, No. 37/2026, on Tuesday, 10 November 2026, for 720 state government posts: 471 executive and 249 non-executive. The number is higher than the 686 posts announced in the commission's earlier short notice, because more departments reported vacancies. Applications are made online on the commission's website, psc.ap.gov.in, and most reports of the notification give the last date as Friday, 11 December 2026, up to 11:59 pm.

Group 2 posts are the middle rung of a state government's administration. A Deputy Tahsildar works in the revenue office of a tehsil, the sub-district unit that keeps land records and issues certificates. A Deputy Mandal Parishad Development Officer helps run development schemes at the mandal, the block-level unit of local government in Andhra Pradesh. GST officers work on the state's tax collection, and Prohibition and Excise Sub-Inspectors enforce the state's liquor and excise laws. These are permanent government jobs for graduates, and for many young people in the state they are the main route into public service below the higher civil services.

The rise from 686 to 720 posts matters for candidates because it changes the competition. More posts at the same level of interest means slightly better odds for each applicant, and some candidates who had decided not to apply after the short notice may now reconsider, especially for the categories that grew.

There are differences between reports on some details, which is common in the first days after a large notification. Age limits are counted as on 1 July 2026, but reports differ on the upper age for different posts, and on the fee for candidates from outside the state. Some reports give 21 February 2027 as the screening test date; the commission's notice should be treated as the final word on that and every other detail. What to do next: download Notification No. 37/2026 from psc.ap.gov.in, check the age, qualification and reservation rules for the specific post you want, and apply well before the closing date, since government portals often slow down in the last few days.

Peepals calculation: the notification added 34 posts to the 686 announced earlier (720 − 686 = 34), an increase of about 5% (34 ÷ 686 ≈ 0.050). Executive posts make up about 65% of the total (471 ÷ 720 ≈ 0.654), and the four largest executive categories listed together account for 448 posts (203 + 176 + 40 + 29), or about 95% of the executive posts (448 ÷ 471 ≈ 0.951). Our calculation from the reported figures.

Short-term: Graduates in Andhra Pradesh have about a month to apply for 720 posts, with the application window running to 11 December 2026 by most reports.

Long-term: Filling the posts would add staff to revenue offices, mandal development offices, tax and excise departments, which handle many of the services citizens use most.

Who is affected: graduates who meet the age and post-specific rules, coaching institutes preparing candidates for state service exams, and the government departments waiting for staff.

What to watch next: the screening test date in the commission's schedule, which some reports give as 21 February 2027, and the availability of hall tickets ahead of it.

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