APPSC Assistant Motor Vehicle Inspector Recruitment 2026 — 50 Posts, Driving Eligibility and Full Official Syllabus

Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission (Vijayawada) · Notification 36/2026, 6 November 2026 · Apply online by 26 November 2026, 11:59 PM.

The Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission is recruiting 50 Assistant Motor Vehicle Inspectors (AMVI) for the A.P. Transport Service, distributed among six zonal cadres. For these posts a degree alone is not the full eligibility test: the notification combines Mechanical/Automobile Engineering education, a driving-licence condition, driving experience, physical measurements and unaided eyesight. It also specifies a rare distinction among technical examinations: Paper-II carries twice the marks per question of Paper-I, so a careless assumption that all 300 questions have identical value would mislead preparation and score calculation.

📌 At a glance — the official terms

An initial brief notification for this same recruitment, number 36/2026, was published on 13 October 2026; the 6 November document is the detailed notification with final examination scheme and Annexures I–VI. They must not be treated as two separate recruitments. The monthly salary above is the published pay scale, not a guaranteed take-home salary or a fixed ₹1,37,220 starting salary.

🗺️ Six-zone vacancies: 44 Local and six Open positions

🥧 Exact 50-seat distribution by zonal cadre

The listed six Open posts are one per zone; the other 44 positions are Local on the advertised roster. Under the notified Presidential Order 2025 system, the local reservation framework operates zonally, with the 95% local reservation rule described in the notice; actual 44/6 seats are the published Annexure-I counts. A candidate should use the printed zone membership and Class VII study/residence rules—not a guessed present-day home district—to assess local status. The Commission may allot eligible candidates by zone preference and applicable selection rules.

Exactly who gets which reserved vacancies?

Annexure-I: actual community roster across six zones

The matrix preserves every reported community line—including zero BC-C—rather than implying each group has seats in all six zones. The zone totals and the Open/Local table above both independently reconcile to 50, but are two views of the same posts, not additional recruitment pools.

📊 Exact broad-category seats within the 50-position vertical roster

This means SC = 8 (SC-I 2, SC-II 4, SC-III 2); BC = 16 (BC-A 5, BC-B 3, BC-D 4, BC-E 4). There are no separately listed BC-C seats. The eight seats specified for women are horizontal reservations—OC women 6, BC-B women 1 and BC-D women 1—and therefore already inside the 50, not a new group of eight vacancies. Women reservations are spread by zone (six OC places, one BC-B in Zone I, and one BC-D in Zone IV). The notice also mentions the 3% Meritorious Sports Persons provision, without adding a separate tally to Annexure-I. The service rules expressly state no PwBD reservation for AMVI posts under the cited order; this is specific to these posts, not a claim about all APPSC jobs.

🎓 Degree or diploma: two different routes to the same post

Route A — Degree: A recognised degree in Mechanical Engineering or Automobile Engineering, or an officially recognised equivalent qualification within Para 3.

Route B — Diploma: A Diploma in Automobile Engineering from the Andhra Pradesh State Board of Technical Education and Training, the Technological Diploma Examination Board, Hyderabad, or an equivalent qualification accepted under the notified conditions.

Mechanical Engineering diploma alone is not listed as the ordinary diploma alternative. The degree route expressly accepts Mechanical Engineering, whereas the diploma route expressly says Automobile Engineering. Candidates claiming any other equivalent qualification must furnish the relevant Government Order to the Commission within ten days after the application-closing date, as the notice directs. A generic college equivalency assertion is not the same as the required government recognition. The stated academic qualification must be held as of 6 November 2026.

🪪 Motor driving licence — the condition applicants often miss

Para 3 requires a Motor Driving Licence, at least three years' experience driving motor vehicles, and a Heavy Transport Vehicle (HTV) endorsement as the standard conditions. It then includes two distinct provisos:

• Driving-experience availability exception: When people with three years' driving experience are unavailable, the rule permits appointment of people with two years' driving experience. This is not a general advance waiver automatically available to every two-year applicant.
• Specific rule for women: A woman with a Motor Vehicle Driving Licence who holds only a Light Motor Vehicle (LMV) Licence may obtain the HTV endorsement within two years of joining, with termination consequences stated if the endorsement is not acquired. This special provision does not erase other educational, experience or medical requirements.

Before applying, check the driving-licence category, original issue/endorsement dates and evidence of driving experience. The notice does not prescribe separate extra marks merely for more than three years of driving. Avoid assuming that any licence with the word “transport” satisfies the exact HTV condition.

📏 Physical measurements and eyesight — not optional documentation

The chest measurement refers to full inspiration, and the minimum expansion is five centimetres. The standards must be read alongside the appended medical-examination guidance and the competent Medical Board's assessment.

Without glasses, the notice requires 6/6 distance vision separately in the right and left eyes, 0.5 near vision (Snellen) in each eye, and a full field of vision. Colour blindness, squint and other notified eye conditions are disqualifying under the AMVI rules; the notice additionally cites knock-knees, pigeon chest, flat-foot, varicose veins, hammer toes, fractured limbs and decayed teeth. The appended medical guidelines amplify how candidates are measured and examined. This is not a claim that a privately obtained fitness certificate automatically guarantees APPSC medical approval; the official medical authority determines fitness.

🎂 Age and reservation eligibility

Applicants must be 21–36 years old as on 1 July 2026. The advertised five-year upper-age concession applies to eligible SC, ST, BC and EWS candidates. The notice separately specifies service-linked deductions for eligible ex-servicemen/NCC instructors, up to five years' eligible regular A.P. state government service, and a three-year concession for qualifying retrenched temporary Census personnel. Each is subject to the precise conditions printed in Para 5; a generic “all government workers get five years” statement is not accurate.

Zone-based local reservation requires records of Class I–VII study under the prescribed test. The announcement says residence certificates cannot replace study certificates for applicants who attended a recognised institution through Class VII; the residence alternative is for qualifying non-study situations. It also covers the special local-status certificate for certain Telangana-to-Andhra Pradesh migrants. For BC reservation, the notice specifies a Non-Creamy Layer certificate dated on/after 1 April 2026; for EWS, the digitally issued certificate linked to FY 2025–26 income is required on/after the same date. A reserved-category certificate from another state does not automatically entitle someone to A.P. reserved vacancies.

💳 Official application fees — ₹250 processing vs ₹120 examination

The stated exemption applies to the ₹120 examination fee only, for the listed eligible SC/ST/BC applicants, ex-servicemen, certain Andhra Pradesh White-Card households and eligible unemployed youth under the precise official conditions. The ₹250 processing fee remains payable. Out-of-state applicants should follow the explicit non-exemption rules printed for them; do not infer an A.P.-specific concession from their home state's certificate. Paid fees are non-refundable. The Commission accepts payment using its online banking/card interface, not postal order or demand draft.

🔗 Online application — finish the final payment step

1. Register or sign in with the Commission's One Time Profile Registration (OTPR) ID at the official APPSC portal. OTPR registration by itself is not an application for 36/2026.
2. Choose Notification 36/2026, review personal data, the applicable degree/diploma route, driving-licence category and dated driving experience, zone/local status and reservation claims. Correct OTPR details before final notification-specific submission.
3. Complete the post-specific application and select Save & Submit. The ordinary Save option stores a draft but does not submit the application.
4. Pay the correct combined online fee, confirm the success reference, and download/save the completed application PDF. A failed payment needs another valid payment attempt.
5. Use the post-closing edit facility only within the prescribed seven-day window after 26 November, paying ₹100 per permitted correction. The notice expressly disallows editing name, fee and age-relaxation-affecting fields through this facility; check those carefully before filing.

Scan and upload the actual candidate's recent photo and signature in the specified JPG format. Keep the same original qualification, licence/experience, local-status and community documents ready for verification. For a claimed equivalent qualification, the additional Government Order submission deadline under Para 3 matters independently of routine post-closing form correction.

🧠 Written test — Paper-II has double-weight questions

📊 Official marks of the two merit papers

Paper-I is a degree-standard GS/Mental Ability test; Paper-II is diploma-standard Automobile Engineering. With the notice's penalty of one-third of the marks allotted to each question, a wrong Paper-I response costs 1/3 mark and a wrong Paper-II response costs 2/3 mark. Paper-I is set in English with Telugu translation; Paper-II is English medium only. The English Paper-I version controls valuation in the event of discrepancy. All papers are compulsory; the official notice has not supplied the calendar date yet.

The selection thresholds for aggregate written marks are OC/ex-servicemen/EWS 40%, BC 35%, and SC/ST 30%, subject to the notice's special SC/ST selection provision. On a maximum of 450, those percentage benchmarks correspond to 180, 157.5 and 135 marks respectively; these are qualifying minima, not actual final selection cut-offs. APPSC's medical fitness and qualifying CPT must still be cleared.

🖥️ The separate 100-mark CPT

Shortlisted candidates must pass a 60-minute, 100-mark practical Office Automation test after written selection. Its official components are 20 marks of fundamental computer knowledge, 25 of typing speed, 15 of organising/inserting document objects, 20 of spreadsheet work, and 20 of presentation preparation. These marks are qualifying, not 100 additional marks in the merit score. The official CPT syllabus includes MS Office or listed equivalent open-source programs. The detailed Paper-I, Paper-II and CPT syllabus is provided in the separate examination pages under this recruitment.

🏛️ Application to appointment: the real stages

The Commission may hold CBRT at Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada, Tirupati or Anantapuramu, asking candidates for three centre preferences and reserving final allotment. It will notify hall-ticket release, written examination date and CPT schedule separately. After the written test, APPSC publishes an initial Answer Key; the objection window lasts three days from its release and costs ₹100 per objection, refundable if the objection is upheld. The Commission can normalize multi-session written scores; the official Annexure-V governs normalisation and ranking.

Following written merit, qualifying CPT, document scrutiny and mandatory medical fitness, final allocation follows eligible zone/community rules. Where written marks tie, the notice sets an age-first tie rule (older candidate), then the earlier qualifying degree date in applicable cases. No waiting list is provided for this recruitment.

Current status on 6 November 2026: detailed notification and application window are active; no specific AMVI 36/2026 hall-ticket, examination date, CPT date, answer key, result or final selection list has been published by this notice. Older results under AMVI 21/2025 or 12/2022 are not lifecycle updates for this recruitment.

Official information

• APPSC official detailed notifications, including No. 36/2026
• APPSC online recruitment application/OTPR