PART I EXTRAORDINARY

PUBLIC SERVICES - ANDHRA PRADESH MUNICIPAL COMMISSIONERS SUBORDINATE

SERVICE RULES, 1959 – CERTAIN AMENDMENTS – NOTIFICATION – ORDERS - ISSUED.

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(G.O.Ms.No.221, MA&UD (A) Department, Dt.18.09.2026)

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 amendments to the Andhra Pradesh Municipal

Commissioners Subordinate Services Rules, 1959 issued in G.O.Ps.No.113, Health,

Housing and Municipal Administration Department, dated 10.12.1959, as subsequently

amended from time to time.

2.

The Notification shall be deemed to have come into force with effect on and from

24.07.2026.

AMENDMENTS

In the said Rules:-

(1) In Rule 2 for Sub Rule (1), the following shall be Substituted, namely:-

“(1) This Service shall consist of the post of Municipal Commissioner, Grade-III.”

(2) In Rule 5, for the existing entry, the following shall be substituted, namely:

“ 5. Unit of Appointment and Appointing Authority

For the post of Municipal Commissioner Grade-III, the Unit of Appointment and

Appointing Authority shall be as follows:-

(P.T.O)

Registered No. HSE-49/2016

No.530

AMARAVATI, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2026

G.690

NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT

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Category of

post

Unit of Appointment

Appointing

Authority

(1)

(2)

(3)

Municipal

Commissioner,

Grade-III

ZONE

Zone-I:

Comprising

of

Srikakulam,

Vizianagaram,

Parvathipuram

Manyam,

Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli Districts.

Zone-II: Comprising of Alluri Sitarama Raju,

East Godavari, Kakinada, Dr.B.R.Ambedkar

Konaseema Districts.

Zone-III: Comprising of West Godavari,

Eluru, NTR, Krishna Districts.

Zone-IV: Comprising of Guntur, Palnadu,

Bapatla, Prakasam, Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore

Districts.

Zone-V: Comprising of Tirupati, Chittoor,

Annamayya, YSR Kadapa Districts.

Zone-VI:

Comprising

of

Nandyal,

Ananthapuramu, Kurnool, Sri Sathya Sai

Districts.

Government

Note 1: The Unit of Appointment specified in Column (2) of the Table above shall

constitute a separate unit for the purposes of appointment, recruitment,

discharge, seniority, promotion, transfer, and other service matters in terms of

Paragraph 5(1) of the Presidential Order, 2025.

Note 2: The extent of reservation in favour of local candidates in direct recruitment to

the categories of posts to be filled by direct recruitment shall be ninety-five

percent (95%), as specified in the Presidential Order, 2025.

(3)

After rule 12, the following shall be added, namely;

"13. Minimum Service for Promotion / Appointment by Transfer: No

member of the service shall be eligible for promotion or appointment by transfer

from a lower category to the next higher category, unless he/she has put in not

less than two (2) years of service in such lower category."

(BY ORDER AND IN THE NAME OF THE GOVERNOR OF ANDHRA PRADESH)

S SURESH KUMAR

PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT