Notification Number: 06/2025
Date of Notification: July 14, 2025
Posts: Forest Beat Officer and Assistant Beat Officer
Total Posts: 691
Recruiting Body: Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC)
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APPSC Forest Beat Officer Notification Recruitment 2025 - Notification Out For 691 FBO & ABO Posts
APPSC FBO & ABO Recruitment 2025 Overview
| Department/ Organization | APPSC |
| Post Name | FBO & ABO |
| Vacancy | 691 |
| Salary/ Pay Level | Given Below |
| Application Mode | Online Form |
| Official Website | https://psc.ap.gov.in/ |
APPSC FBO & ABO Recruitment 2025 Application Fee
- For SC/ST/OBC/EWS Candidates: Rs.250/-
- For Other Candidates: Rs.250/- +Rs 80/-
APPSC FBO & ABO Recruitment 2025 Important Dates
- Notification Release Date: 14-07-2025
- Starting Date for Apply Online: 16-07-2025
- Last Date for Apply Online: 05-08-2025 Upto 11:59 PM
- Extended last date : 10-08-2025
APPSC FBO & ABO Recruitment 2025 Vacancy Details
- Forest Beat Officer in A.P. Forest Subordinate Service : 256
- Assistant Beat Officer in A.P. Forest Subordinate Service : 435
AIIMS Recruitment 2025 Age Limit (as on 31-07-2025)
- Minimum Age Limit: 18 Years
- Maximum Age limit: 30 Years
- No person shall be eligible if less than 18 years and is more than 30 years
- Refer to the Official Notification for Post Wise Age limit Details.
- Age relaxation is applicable as per rules.
AIIMS Recruitment 2025 Qualification
- Candidates Should Posses Intermediate Examination or its equivalent.
Physical Requirements:
i) No person shall be eligible for appointment by direct recruitment to the post of FBO / ABO in the Service, unless he is not less than 163 Cms in height not less than 84 Cms round the chest on full inspiration and has a chest expansion of not less than 5 Cms on full inspiration.
ii) In case of women candidates, they must not be less than 150 Cms in height, not less than 79 Cms round the chest on full inspiration and a chest expansion of not less than 5 Cms on full inspiration.
iii) Provided the minimum height is relaxable by 5 Cms, in the case of the candidates who belong to Gurkhas, Nepalese, Assamese, NAFA, Naga, Manipur, Gauhati, Kummoni, Sikkimese, Bhutanese and Scheduled Tribes.
iv) Provided further that in the case of candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes, where the reserved quota cannot be fully utilized for want of sufficient number of candidates possessing the requisite physical qualifications, the physical standards shall not be less than 158 Cms in height and not less than 78.8 Cms round the chest on full inspiration with a minimum expansion of 5 Cms.
v) The candidate should possess normal eye sight apart from the physical requirements prescribed above.
vi) The eligible candidates selected in written test shall be subjected to the test of walking. In case of Male candidates, a distance of 25 Kms walking is to be completed in 4 hours duration. In case of Women candidates, a distance of 16 Kms is to be completed in 4 hours duration.
Note: The walking test is only a Physical endurance test and shall not carry any marks. It is treated as a qualifying test.
vii)For qualified candidates, weightage shall be given to the NCC certificate holders having requisite qualifications, Physical measurements at the time of selection, as follows: NCC-“C” Certificate holder – 5 bonus marks. NCC-“B” Certificate holder – 3 bonus marks. NCC-“A” Certificate holder – 1 bonus mark.
The final selection shall be done from among the persons who have qualified in Physical Tests (walking test and Medical examination) and CPT based on the marks secured in written examination duly observing roster points and the bonus marks wherever applicable.
Common for Men and Women: Must undergo a Medical Examination to be conducted by the Medical Board at Rajamahendravaram and produce a health certificate signed by the Medical Board in the form prescribed by Article 49 of the Civil Service Regulation testifying to the candidates sound hearing and general physical fitness for outdoor work in the Forest Department and to the fact that he/she bears on his/her body marks of successful vaccination.
APPSC FBO & ABO Recruitment 2025 Selection Process:
- Screening examination
- Main examination
- Physical examination
- Computer Proficiency Test
APPSC FBO & ABO Recruitment 2025 Exam Pattern (Screening)
| Subjects | No. of Questions | Marks | Duration |
| Session 1 | |||
| General Studies & Mental Ability | 75 | 75 | 45 minutes |
| General Science and General Mathematics (SSC Standard) | 75 | 75 | |
| Total | 150 | 150 | |
APPSC FBO & ABO Recruitment 2025 Exam Pattern (Mains)
| Subjects | No. of Questions | Marks | Duration |
| Qualifying Test | |||
| Writing an essay in English or Telugu or Urdu (Descriptive Type) | 1 | 50 | 45 minutes |
| Subjects | No. of Questions | Marks | Duration |
| General Studies & Mental Ability | 100 | 100 | 200 minutes |
| General Science and General Mathematics (SSC Standard) | 100 | 100 | |
| Total | 200 | 200 | |
APPSC FBO & ABO Recruitment 2025 Syllabus (Screening)
GENERAL STUDIES & MENTAL ABILITY
- General Science
- Current events
- History of India
- Geography
- Indian polity and Economy
- Mental Ability
- Sustainable Development and Environmental Protection
- Disaster Management:
GENERAL SCIENCE
- Source of Energy
- Living world
- Transportation & Excretion
- Reproduction, growth, heredity and evolution
- Natural Resources
- Carbon Compounds
- Environment and Environmental Problems
- Ethnobotany
GENERAL MATHEMATICS
- Arithmeticss
- Geometry
- Statistics
APPSC FBO & ABO Recruitment 2025 Syllabus (Mains)
QUALIFYING TEST:
- Essay on theme relating to Forests and Environment
GENERAL STUDIES AND MENTAL ABILITY
- General Science
- General Science
- History of India
- Geography of India
- Indian polity and Economy
- Mental Ability
- Sustainable Development and Environmental Protection
- Disaster Managemen
GENERAL SCIENCE
- Source of Energy
- Living world
- Transportation & Excretion
- Reproduction, growth, heredity and evolution
- Natural Resources
- Carbon Compounds
- Environment and Environmental Problems
- Ethnobotany
- The Universe - Solar system and exploring space
- Brief history of space explorations
GENERAL MATHEMATICS
- ARITHMETICS
- ALGEBRA
- TRIGONOMETRY
- GEOMETRY
- MENSURATION
- STATISTICS
APPSC FBO & ABO Recruitment 2025 Salary
| Post | Pay Scale | ||
| Forest Beat Officer | ₹25,220-80,910 | ||
| Assistant Beat Officer | ₹20,000-70,000 | ||
