GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH

REVENUE DEPARTMENT

Collectors [Link].5341/2013 A4 Dated:27.12.2013

District: Visakhapatnam.

DIRECT RECRUITMENT FOR THE POST OF VILLAGE REVENUE OFFICERS

THROUGH DISTRICT SELECTION COMMITTEE

Applications are invited On-line in the proforma Application available on the

WEBSITE ([Link] from eligible candidates from 28.12.2013 to
13.01.2014 (Note:- 12.01.2014 is the last date for payment of fee) for
recruitment to the post of Village Revenue Officers as per Andhra Pradesh Village
Revenue Officers Service Rules, 2008 for direct recruitment through the District
Selection Committee. (Job Chart see Appendix I)

CATEGORY OF EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION.

POST
[Link] Revenue Must have passed Intermediate Examination conducted
Officer by the Andhra Pradesh State Board of Intermediate
Examination or its equivalent.
2. Nativity The applicant shall be a native candidate of the district.
(see Appendix-II)

3. AGE:- No person shall be eligible if he is less than 18 years and

more than 36 years of age as on the 1st day of July of the
year in which the notification for selection is made
Provided that the maximum age limit shall be raised:-

(i) Uniformly by 5 years in the case of candidates belonging to the SC,

STs or BCs.
(ii) Uniformly by 10 years in the case of Physically Handicapped persons.
(iii) Uniformly by 3 years for Ex-Servicemen in addition to the length of
service rendered in Armed Forces.
(iv) Uniformly by the length of regular service subject to maximum of 5
years for the persons already in service of the State Government and
by 3 years for retrenched temporary employees during 1991 in the
State Census Department who have rendered a minimum service of
six months.

4. SCALE OF PAY:- Rs.7520-22430 in the PRC-2010 scales.

5. Method of The Selection of candidates is based on a objective type

Selection:- Written Test for 100 Marks at Intermediate level.

General Studies : 60 Marks*

Arithmetic Skills : 30 Marks
Logical Skills : 10 Marks

* 50% of questions (30 Marks) will be aimed at testing the

knowledge of the candidate on rural areas and rural living
conditions.
Question paper will be in Telugu, English and Urdu Medium.
(Syllabus see Appendix III)

6. Exam Fee:- Each applicant must pay Rs.300/-.

Applicants belongs to SC / ST Categories have to pay
Rs.150/-.
No fee applicable to the applicants belonging to PH
category.
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(However they shall hand over a Xerox copy of the Medical

certificate issued in SADAREM to the concerned centre)
Remittance of Fee The fee shall be remitted at any of the E-Seva / Mee-
Seva / AP- Online centers / through web portal of CGG and
acknowledgement be obtained by paying only specified
amount.
A service charge of Rs.20/- shall be paid to the service
providers (e-seva, Mee-Seva, APonline) towards uploading
of application.
No payment to be made to service provided for payment of
fee alone.

7. Date of On 02.02.2014 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 Noon

Examination:
8. Rule of The Rule of Reservation is applicable as per General Rule
Reservation 22 of A.P. State and Subordinate Service Rules, 1996.
100% vacancies in scheduled area will be filled up
with local scheduled Tribe candidates only.

[Link]. of Vacancies Approximate number of vacancies in each category of

posts in the District is given below. The No. of vacancies
are liable to change.

Backward Classes-BC Ex- Physically challenged

OC SC ST Service
Total A B C D E VH HH PH
man

G W G W G W G W G W G W G W G W G W G W G W G W

41 0 7 8 4 0 1 5 2 4 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0

[Link] The Hall Ticket can be download from the website from
of Hall Tickets 19.01.2014 to till 9:00 AM on 02.02.2014.
NOTE:- Hand written / Typed / Photostat copies / Printed application form will not be
entertained.

Sd/- S SOLOMON AROKIARAJ,

COLLECTOR,
VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT.
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INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
1. The applicant must compulsorily fill-up all relevant columns of application and
submit application through WEBSITE only.

2. The applications received online in the prescribed proforma available in the

WEBSITE and within the time shall only be considered and the Collectors will not
be held responsible for any kind of discrepancy.

3. Applicants must compulsorily upload his / her own scanned photo and signature
through J.P.G. format.

4. The applications available in the WEBSITE ([Link] from

28.12.2013 to 13.01.2014 (Note:- 12.01.2014 is the last date for payment of fee)

5. No need of enclosing any certificates at the time of filing applications.

6. Applicants are free to apply for any one of the post notified i.e., either V.R.O., or
V.R.A., or to apply for both the posts i.e., V.R.O., and V.R.A.,

7. The application fee is Rs.300/- for one post with 50% concession to SC / ST
applicants ie. Rs.150/-. 100% fee concession to Physically challenged candidates
on production of a Xerox copy of the SADERM certificate to the concerned
authorities.
8. If a candidate wants to apply for both the posts he shall pay a fees of Rs.600/-
9. The fees shall be paid in any of E-seva, Me-seva, aponline centres or web portal of
CGG and obtain acknowledgement.
[Link] applicant for the V.R.A., post must be a native of the village for which he is
making application and he shall belong to the category for which the post is
notified.

[Link] orders to the selected candidate will be given subject to the

production of relevant Certificates relating to Age, Education qualification, Nativity
and Caste etc.,

[Link]:- Hand written / Typed / Photostat copies / Printed application form

will not be entertained.

[Link] particulars furnished by the applicant in the Application Form will be taken as
final and data entry processed, based on these particulars only by Computer.
Candidates should therefore, be very careful in Uploading / Submitting the
Application Form Online.
Sd/- I.Y.R. Krishna Rao,
C.C.L.A. and Spl.C.S.,
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APPENDIX I
JOB CHART

GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH

ABSTRACT

REVENUE DEPARTMENT Village Administration Functions relating to the Village Revenue

Officers Issue of revised Job chart Orders Issued.
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REVENUE (VA) DEPARTMENT

[Link].1059. Dated.31-7-2007
Read the following:

1. [Link]. 195, Revenue (VA.I) Dept., dated 30.12.2006.

2. [Link]. 105, Revenue (VA.I) Dept., dated 31.01.2007.
3. Representation of the A.P. VROs Association, dated 1.3.2007.
4. Minutes of the meeting of the Group of Ministers held on 3.4.2007.
5. [Link]. 199, PR&RD ([Link]) Dept., dated 18.5.2007.
6. Government Memo. No. 15590/VA.1/2007-2, dated 15.6.2007.
7. From the CCLA, Hyderabad [Link]. A3/24/2004-II, dated 20.6.2007.
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ORDER:

In the G.O. 1st read above orders were issued creating Revenue functionary at
Village level under the exclusive administrative control of the Tashildar (MRO) to
handle the work relating to Land Revenue matter at the Village level. In the G.O. 2nd
read above orders were issued creating the post of Village Revenue Officer and the job
chart to the Village Revenue Officers is also issued. It was also ordered to recast the
Job chart of Panchayat Secretaries working Panchayat Raj Department by the PR&RD
Department.

2. The Cabinet Sub Committee consisting of Minister for Panchayat Raj, Minister
for Revenue and Minister for Home, met on 3.4.2007 have approved the new Job
chart of the Panchayat functionary i.e., Panchayat Secretaries of PR&RD Department
as well as the modified Job chart of Revenue functionary i.e., Village Revenue Officers.

3. In the G.O. 5th read above, the Panchayat Raj & Rural Development Department
have issued revised Job chart to the Panchayat Secretaries of PR&RD Department as
per the minutes of the meeting of the Group of Ministers held on 3.4.2007.

4. The Chief Commissioner of Land Administration, Hyderabad in his Letter 7th

read above has requested the Government to issue a notification relating to allocation
of subjects to the Village Revenue Officers as per the minutes of the meeting of the
Group of Ministers held on 3.4.2007.

5. Government after careful examination hereby decided to issue the revised Job
chart of the Village Revenue Officers of Revenue Department in modification of the Job
chart issued in G.O. 2nd read above, as follows:

General Administrative / Revenue Duties:

i) Maintenance of Village revenue record sand all Village revenue Accounts

promptly and accurately.

ii) Collection of Land Revenue, Cessee, Taxes and other sums pertaining to
Revenue department.

iii) Azmoish of crops (100%) inclusive of inspection of survey stones.

iv) Issue of Certificates: The Village Revenue Officers shall issue the following
certificates in their respective Villages duly following the procedure:

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1) Nativity certificate and Solvency certificate

2) Residence Certificate
3) Pahani / Adangal extracts

v) Provide intimation regarding fire accidents, floods cyclone and other accidents
and calamities to the higher officials whenever and wherever they occur and
provide assistance to the Revenue Officials in assessing loss sustained because
of natural calamities and in providing relief.

vi) Inform the Railway Station Master of any mishap or unusual occurrence of
floods that might need urgent action to prevent mishap.

vii) Preparation of pay bills of Village Servants.

viii) Maintenance of Village Chavadies.

ix) Protection of Government lands, Government tanks, trees and other

Government properties and take effective steps to safeguard the interest of
Government.

x) Inform promptly to the higher officials in respect of treasure trove and

unclaimed property and escheat.

xi) Intimate the Mandal Revenue Officer/Tahsildar of any intended demolition of

ancient buildings and any inscriptions on any such ancient monuments which
would have archaeological, cultural heritage importance.

xii) Preserve and safeguard Government lands and properties form encroachments,
damage or misuse include the lands available to the public, such as, roads,
streets and open spaces in and near their villages.

xiii) Report encroachments damage or misuse of Government lands and damage to

Government property promptly to the Mandal Revenue Officer/Tahsildar and
take effective follow-up action.

xiv) Provide assistance to the concerned authorities while issuing the proceedings
under the provisions of Revenue Recovery Act by obtaining property details.

xv) Assist the authorities in serving of legal notices and summons.

xvi) Cause beat of tom-tom and adopt other methods for infoming people about
events.

xvii) Assist in loan recoveries.

xviii) Conduct Panchanama in recovery of un-claimed property.

xix) Keep Government attached property in safe custody.

xx) Assist in preparation, updation of electoral rolls and perform other election
duties as the government may direct.

xxi) Attend the meetings convened by Gram Panchayat in their jurisdiction and on
request to furnish information relating to sanction of pensions, number of ration
cards in circulation, house site pattas distributed and on other matters relating
to Revenue Administration.

xxii) Assist Andhra Pradesh Transaction Corporation in its operations at village level
and inform about the theft, pilferage of electricity to the concerned authorities.

xxiii) Act as Inspector under Minimum Wages Act, 1948 as and when notified by the
Competent Authority.
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xxiv) A Village Revenue Officer when called upon to do so, produce the account,
registers and other records, maintained by him or which are in his custody for
inspection of any revenue official or any other officer authorized by the
Collector, RDO or Tahsildar. Except when called upon to produce his accounts
and other records as mentioned above, the Village Revenue Officer shall keep
the accounts, registers and records in his personal custody.

xxv) In the event of transfer / suspension / removal / dismissal / retirement or

proceeding on leave other than casual leave, he shall hand over all the
accounts, registers, records and the like to the person duly appointed by the
competent authority or authorized to take charge by the Tahsildar.

II. Police functions:

i) Give prompt information to the police Department regarding murders, suicides,

unnatural deaths and other important developments which may threaten peace
in the village.

ii) Inform the police of strangers of suspicious appearance who have entered and
taken refuge in the village.

iii) Prevent the commission of any offence or public nuisance.

iv) Take measures to bring the offenders to justice.

v) Search for stolen property and bring to the Police Station.

vi) Preserve in-tact the scene of offence.

vii) Take charge of unclaimed property and send to the Policy Station.

III. Community Welfare and Development:

i) Assist the concerned government department in the implementation of

important Government programmes such as Indiramma Prabha, Indira Kranthi
Pathakam, National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme etc.,

ii) Furnish data on income levels of persons in the village prepared on the basis of
government guidelines issued in that regard from time to time.

iii) Do necessary documentation and assist in the implementation of Weaker

Section Housing Programme.

iv) Report on the atrocities against women and children to the authorities
concerned and take action within 24 hours.

v) Report cases of atrocities against Schedule Castes & Schedule Tribes to the
authorities concerned & provide assistance to them.

vi) Strive for eradication of un-touchability of providing access to Schedule Castes

and Schedule Tribes in Temples, and removal of discrimination in all forms
against the schedule caste population.

vii) Report any outbreak of communicable disease especially Malaria, Japanese

Encephalitis and Gastroenteritis to the nearest Primary Health Centre
immediately.

viii) Attend meetings of Village Tribal Development agencies and assist them in
preparation of micro plans and in implementing them.

ix) Assist the Education department in conducting the literacy classes.

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x) Assist in reconciliation of estimates of crop coverage with Azmoish figure for

reconciling the crop area for crop insurance scheme.

xi) Assist the department of Agriculture in implementing its programmes and

disseminating extension information.

xii) Assist in maintenance of agriculture statistics.

xiii) Assist in giving information to the concerned officials about any black market
sales of seeds, fertilizers and pesticides.

xiv) Assist in maintenance of house hold data of weavers both within and outside
Co-operation fold and their economic status.

xv) Issue Dependency Certificate for handloom weavers if any desired.

xvi) Function as Marriage Officer for the cluster of village under the Act for the
compulsory registration of marriages in the State (Act No. 15 of 2002)

IV. Miscellaneous:

i) Perform such other duties as may be assigned to him by the

Government, Chief Commissioner of Land Administration, Collector,
Revenue Divisional Officer, Mandal Revenue Officers / Tahasildar or any
authorized in this behalf.

6. The Chief Commissioner of Land Administration, Hyderabad all the District

Collector in the State shall take necessary further action in the matter accordingly.

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

PRADESH)

[Link] RAO
PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT

To
The Special Chief Secretary & CCLA, A.P., Hyderabad
All the District Collectors in the State

Copy to:
The Commissioner of Panchayat Raj, Hyderabad.
The PR&RD (Mandal-II) Department, Hyderabad.
The General Administration (I&PR-Publicity Cell) Department.
The P.S. to Secretary, Legal Affairs
Sf/Sc

//FORWARDED BY ORDER//

SECTION OFFICER.
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APPENDIX - II

Nativity / local candidate:-

VROs: The post of VRO is not organized as local cadre and hence,
presidential orders are not applicable.
Local Candidate means:
1. Studied in an educational institution or educational institutions in
such local area for a period of not less than four consecutive academic
years ending with the academic year in which he appeared or, as the
case may be, first appeared for the relevant qualifying examination.

2. Where during the whole or any part of the four consecutive

academic years ending with the academic year in which he appeared
or as the case may be, first appeared for the relevant qualifying
examination he has not studied in any educational institution, if he
has resided in that local area for a period of not less than four years
immediately preceding the date of commencement of the qualifying
examination in which he appeared or as the case may be, first
appeared.
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