Roster Reservation Details
22. SPECIAL REPRESENTATION (RESERVATION) :1 Reservations may be made for appointments to a service, class or category in favour of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Backward Classes, Women, Physically handicapped, Meritorious Sportsman, Ex-Servicemen and such other categories, as may be prescribed by the Government from time to time, to the extent and in the manner specified hereinafter in these rules or as the case may be, in the special rules. The principle of reservation as hereinafter provided shall apply to all appointments to a service, class or category:-
(i) by direct recruitment, except where the Government by a General or special order made in this behalf, exempt such service, class or category;
(ii) otherwise than by direct recruitment the principle of reservation in the matter of promotion and appointment by transfer involving promotion in so far it relates to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes only shall apply to such Services, Class or Category whose total cadre strength of the post is more than five.
[Amended in G.O.Ms.No. 123, G.A.(Ser. D) Dept., dt:19-04-2003 (w.e.f. 14-02-2003.)]
2. (a) The unit of appointment for the purpose of direct recruitment shall be hundred vacancies of which fifteen shall be reserved for Scheduled Castes, six shall be reserved for Scheduled Tribes, twenty five shall be reserved for Backward Classes and remaining fifty four appointments shall be made on the basis of open competition and subject to Rule 22-A of these rules.
(i) The unit of appointment for the purpose of reservation in the matter of promotion and appointment by transfer involving promotion shall be hundred vacancies of which fifteen shall be reserved for Scheduled Castes and six for Scheduled Tribe employees as per the roster points in sub-rule 2(e).
In the case of appointments / promotions to the posts referred to in clause 2 (a) (i) above, the panels of eligible candidates for promotion, the names of eligible Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe employees from the feeder Category have to be shown against the roster points earmarked for them irrespective of their seniority position in the feeder category.
A. If a Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe employee gets a higher place in the eligible candidates list by virtue of his seniority in the feeder category he need not be adjusted in a lower position which is earmarked for an Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe employees as per roster system. Such roster point has to be filled up by moving up an Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe employees who is below in the seniority list in the feeder category.
B. Filling up the roster points shall continue till the required percentage of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe candidates is obtained. Once the required percentage is obtained by taking into account both the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe candidates who are found in the list of candidates fit for promotion on account of their seniority in the feeder category and those who are moved up to fill up the required roster point, further adjustment of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe employees against roster point has to be stopped.
C. Unutilized roster points after the required Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes percentage is met, shall lapse.
D. If required number of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe employees are not available in the feeder category to obtain the required representation in the promotion category. The vacancies earmarked for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe employees according to the roster points will be carried forward.
[Amended in G.O.Ms.No. 123 G.A.(Ser. D) Dept., dt: 19-04-2003 (w.e.f. 14-02-2003.)]
(b) Out of fifty four appointments to be made on the basis of open competition, three appointments shall be reserved for direct recruitment of the physically handicapped persons.
(c) In the case of appointments to clerical posts including the posts of typists i.e. in Group II and Group IV services in the case of posts in the Andhra Pradesh Police Subordinate Service, to which the principle of reservation of appointments applies, out of fifty four as the case may be, fifty one appointments to be made on the basis of open competition, two appointments shall be reserved for direct recruitment of Ex-servicemen.
(d) In the case of appointments to the posts of Junior Assistants, Junior Stenographers and Typists in the offices of Heads of Departments, Assistant Section Officers, Typist-cum-Assistants and Junior Stenographers in the Secretariat to which the principle of reservation of appointment applies, out of fifty four, as the case may be, forty nine appointments to be made on the basis of open competition, one appointment shall be reserved for direct recruitment of meritorious sportsmen.
[Amended in G.O.Ms.No. 147 G.A.(Ser. D) Dept., dt: 16-05-2003 w.e.f. 01-06-2001.]
Provided that the claims of members of the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Backward Classes, Women and the Physically handicapped persons or the Ex-servicemen as the case may be, shall also be considered for the remaining appointments which shall be filled on the basis of open competition, the number of appointments reserved for that category shall in no way be affected during the period the reservation for that category is in force.
(e) Appointments under this rule shall be made in the order of rotation specified below in a unit of hundred vacancies:-
1 Open Competition Women
2 Scheduled Castes Women
3 Open Competition
4 Backward Class (Group-A) Women
5 Open Competition
6 Visually Handicapped Women Amended in G.O. Ms. No. 252, GA (Ser-D) Dept., dt: 28.8.2004 w.e.f. 27.11.2003
7 Scheduled Castes
8 Scheduled Tribes Women
9 Open Competition
10 Backward Class (Group-B) Women
11 Open Competition
12 Open Competition Women
13 Open Competition
14 Backward Class (Group-C) Women In every 3rd cycle of 100 point roster (vide GO Ms. No. 476. GA (Ser.D) Dept., dt: 15.11.97
15 Open Competition
16 Scheduled Castes
17 Open Competition Women
18 Backward Class (Group-D) Women
19 Open Competition
20 Backward Class (Group-A)
21 Open Competition
22 Scheduled Castes Women
23 Open Competition Women
24 Backward Class (Group-B)
25 Scheduled Tribes
26 Open Competition
27 Scheduled Castes
28 Open Competition
29 Backward Class (Group-A)
30 Open Competition Women
31 Hearing Handicapped (Open) Amended in G.O. Ms. No. 252, GA (Ser-D) Dept., dt: 28.8.2004 w.e.f. 27.11.2003
32 Open Competition
33 Scheduled Tribes
34 Open Competition Women
35 Backward Class (Group-B)
36 Open Competition
37 Open Competition
38 Open Competition Women
39 Backward Class (Group-D)
40 Open Competition
41 Scheduled Castes
42 Open Competition
43 Backward Class (Group-D)
44 Open Competition Women
45 Backward Class (Group-A) Women
46 Open Competition
47 Scheduled Castes Women
48 Open Competition
49 Backward Class (Group-B) Women
50 Open Competition Women
51 Open Competition
52 Scheduled Castes
53 Open Competition
54 Backward Class (Group-A)
55 Open Competition Women
56 Orthopaedically Handicapped (Open) Amended in G.O. Ms. No. 252, GA (Ser-D) Dept., dt: 28.8.2004 w.e.f. 27.11.2003
57 Open Competition
58 Scheduled Tribes Women
59 Open Competition Women
60 Backward Class (Group-B)
61 Open Competition
62 Scheduled Castes
64 Backward Class (Group-D) Women
65 Open Competition Women
66 Scheduled Castes Women
67 Open Competition
68 Backward Class (Group-D)
69 Open Competition
70 Backward Class (Group-A)
71 Open Competition Women
72 Scheduled Castes
73 Open Competition
74 Backward Class (Group-B)
75 Scheduled Tribes
76 Open Competition
77 Scheduled Castes
78 Open Competition Women
79 Backward Class (Group-A)
80 Open Competition
81 Backward Class (Group-B) Women
82 Open Competition
83 Scheduled Tribes
84 Open Competition Women
85 Backward Class (Group-B)
86 Open Competition
87 Scheduled Castes Women
88 Open Competition
89 Backward Class (Group-D)
90 Open Competition Women
91 Scheduled Castes
92 Open Competition
93 Backward Class (Group-D)
94 Open Competition
95 Backward Class (Group-B)
96 Open Competition Women
97 Scheduled Castes
98 Open Competition
99 Backward Class (Group-B) Women
100 Open Competition
(Source: ANDHRA PRADESH STATE AND SUBORDINATE SERVICE RULES 1996)
