PART I EXTRAORDINARY

GENERAL ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT

(SERVICES-D)

AMENDMENT TO RULE-22-A(2) RELATING TO 33¹/3% RESERVATION FOR

WOMEN HORIZONTALLY IN DIRECT RECRUITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICES.

[G.O.Ms.No. 63, General Administration (Services-D), 17^th April, 2018.]

NOTIFICATION

In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to Article 309 of the

Constitution of India and of all other powers hereunto enabling, the Governor of

Andhra Pradesh, hereby makes the following amendment to the Andhra Pradesh

State and Subordinate Service Rules, 1996, issued in G.O.Ms.No.436,

General Administration (Services-D) Department, Dated the 15^th October,

1996 as subsequently amended from time to time.

The amendment hereby made shall be deemed to have come into force

with effect from the 25th July, 2016.

AMENDMENT

In the said rules, in rule-22-A, for sub-rule (2), the following shall be substituted,

namely:-

“In the matter of direct recruitment to posts for which women

and men are equally suited, there shall be reservation to women

Horizontally to an extent of 33¹/3% of the posts in each category

of Open Competition, Backward Classes (Group-A), Backward

Classes (Group-B), Backward Classes (Group-C), Backward Classes

(Group- D), Backward Classes (Group-E), Scheduled Castes,

Scheduled Tribes and Physically Handicapped and Ex-servicemen

and Meritorious Sportsperson quota”.

GOPAL KRISHNA DWIVEDI,

Principal Secretary to Government.

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Registered No. HSE-49/2016

No.303

AMARAVATI, TUESDAY , APRIL 17, 2018

G.63

NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT

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