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G.O.Ms.No.71 – Directorate of Juvenile Welfare, Correctional Services & Welfare of Street Children Cadre strength distribution (Presidential Order, 2025) – Allocation of Total Cadre Strength

G.O. number: G.O.Ms.No.71
Date: 31-07-2026
Department: Women, Children, Differently Abled & Senior Citizens
Issued by: Finance
Pages (PDF): 12

Abstract

Public Services - Women, Children, Differently Abled and Senior Citizens Department - Directorate of Juvenile Welfare, Correctional Services & Welfare of Street Children Determination and distribution of cadre strength among local cadres of District, Zone, & Multi-zone as per the Andhra Pradesh Public Employment (Organisation of Local Cadres and Regulation of Direct Recruitment) Order, 2025 - Allocation of Total Cadre Strength - Orders - Issued.

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1.G.O.Ms.No.31, Finance (HR.I-Plg. & Policy) Department, Dated 26.02.2022. G.O.Ms..No.26, General Administration (Ser.B) Department, dated.12.03.2024. Andhra Pradesh Public Employment (Organisation of Local Cadres and Regulation of Direct Recruitment) Order, 2025 notified by Government of India vide Notification S.O.5777(E), Dated:15.12.2025. G.O.Ms. No.45, General Administration (SPF&MC) Department, Dated: 20.04. 2026. G.O.Ms.No.54,General Administration(SPF&MC) Department, Dated: 14.05. 2026. G.O.Ms.No.46, Finance (HR.I-Plg & Policy) Department, Dated :06.07.2026. G.O.Ms.No.124, General Administration (SPF&MC) Department, Dated:15.07. 2026. The Document No. WDC04-01, dt.15.07.2026 received i

Order

In the Government Order 1st read above, detailed guidelines were issued for fixation of cadre strength in the District and Divisional Offices and for the provisional allocation of personnel to the restructured 26 districts on an ‘order-to-serve’ basis. However, the department has not taken up provisional allocation of cadre strength under the Directorate of Juvenile Welfare, Correctional Services & Welfare of Street Children.

2. In the reference 3rd read above, the Andhra Pradesh Public Employment (Organisation of Local Cadres and Regulation of Direct Recruitment) Order, 2025 (hereinafter referred to as the “Presidential Order, 2025”) was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3(ii), dated 15.12.2025. The said Order came into force with effect from 15.12.2025, superseding the Andhra Pradesh Public Employment (Organisation of Local Cadres and Regulation of Direct Recruitment) Order, 1975. In the reference 4th read above, the Government republished the Presidential Order, 2025 in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette for information and strict compliance by all Departments and authorities concerned.

(P.T.O.)

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3. In the Government Order 5th read above, orders were issued under Paragraph 3 of the Presidential Order, 2025 specifying the organization of civil posts in the State into various local cadres, namely District Cadres, Contiguous District Cadres, Zonal Cadres, Contiguous Zonal Cadres and Multi-Zonal Cadres, for different Departments.

4. Consequent upon the issuance of orders by the General Administration (SPF & MC) Department organizing civil posts into District, Contiguous District, Zonal, Contiguous Zonal and Multi-Zonal Cadres in accordance with Paragraph 3 of the Presidential Order, 2025, it becomes necessary to determine the cadre strength for each category of local cadre and distribute the same among the erstwhile, and newly constituted local cadres.

5. Keeping in view the need for organization of civil posts into various local cadres under the Presidential Order, 2025, guidelines were issued vide reference 6th read above, for determination of the Cadre Strength and Working Strength in respect of categories of posts organized into District Cadres, Contiguous District Cadres, Zonal Cadres, Contiguous Zonal Cadres and Multi-Zonal Cadres. In view of the changes effected in the local areas under the Presidential Order, 2025, the cadre strength of various categories of posts in each Department shall be determined and distributed among the respective local cadres in the manner specified in the said orders.

6. In the reference 7th read above, the General Administration Department has issued orders on organisation of posts in the new local cadres as per Presidential Order, 2025 in all applicable offices of the Department. In compliance of these orders, the Head of the Department has submitted a proposal for approval of the Government for allocation of total cadre strength through Nidhi portal vide reference 8th cited.

7. Accordingly, Government, after careful examination and in supersession of all the orders issued so far, determines and distributes the cadre strength of all the categories of posts under the Directorate of Juvenile Welfare, Correctional Services & Welfare of Street Children in the local cadres of District, Contiguous districts, Zone, Contiguous zones and Multi-zone as per the Presidential Orders, 2025 in the Annexures as shown below;

Sl.No.	Annexure	Details
1	Annexure -I	Determination of Total Cadre Strength in the local cadres of District, Contiguous Districts, Zone, Contiguous Zones and Multizone as per the Presidential Order, 2025.
2	Annexure-II	Distribution of Total Cadre Strength - Local cadre of ‘District’.
3	Annexure-III	Distribution of Total Cadre Strength - Local cadre of ‘Contiguous Districts’.
4	Annexure-IV	Distribution of Total Cadre Strength - Local cadre of ‘Zone’.
5	Annexure-V	Distribution of Total Cadre Strength - Local cadre of ‘Contiguous Zones’.
6	Annexure-VI	Distribution of Total Cadre Strength - Local cadre of ‘Multi- zone’.
7	Annexure-VII	Total Cadre Strength in the Supervisory offices.

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8. In case of establishments/offices which are exempted from Presidential Orders, 2025, as per reference 3rd read above and those not subject to allocation as per the orders in the reference 7th read above, the total cadre strength will remain as current sanctioned strength in such establishments/offices, subject to relocation of any vacant posts to the supervisory offices mentioned in the Annexure-VII to this order.

9. In the reference 2nd read above, Government has, inter-alia, issued orders amending the AP Ministerial Service Rules,1998 and changed the Nomenclature of ‘Junior Assistant/Typist’ and ‘Senior Assistant’ posts as ‘Junior Office Assistant’ and ‘Senior Office Assistant’ respectively. The categories of posts which are proposed by the Department, wherever applicable, with the old nomenclature are included under the nomenclature of Junior Office Assistant and Senior Office Assistant.

10. The DTA, A.P and the CEO, APCFSS are instructed to affect required changes in CFMS and Nidhi pay roll accordingly.

11. A copy of this order is available in the website “www. https://goir.ap.gov.in”.

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

PEEYUSH KUMAR

PRINCIPAL SECRETATY TO GOVERNMENT To

The Directorate of Juvenile Welfare, Correctional Services & Welfare of Street Children. The Women, Children, Differently Abled and Senior Citizens Dept. A.P. Secretariat, Velagapudi.

All District Collectors & Magistrates.

The Director of Treasuries & Accounts, A.P.

The CEO, APCFSS, A.P.

The Accountant General (A&E), A.P.

The Accountant General (Audit), A.P.

Copy to:

The P.S. to Special Chief Secretary to Chief Minister.

The OSD to Hon’ble Minister for Finance.

The P.S. to Chief Secretary to Government.

The P.S. to Principal Secretary to Govt., Finance Department.

The P.S to Secretary (HR), Finance Department.

SF/SCs (3352350).

//FORWARDED :: BY ORDER//

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G.O. Ms. No.71, Finance (HR-II-Creation-Upgrade-Posts) Dept., Dated.31.07.2026

ANNEXURE - I

Determination of Cadre Strength in the Local Cadres as per Presidential Order 2025

Name & Code of the Secretariat Department				Women, Children, Differently Abled and Senior Citizens Secretariat -
Name & Code of the Secretariat Department				WDC01
	Name & Code of the HoD			Juvenile Welfare Department - WDC04
	Sl.No		Category of Post		Local Cadre		Cadre Strength
	1		Junior Office Assistant		Contiguous Districts		17
2			Record Assistant		Contiguous Districts		4
	3		Office Subordinate		Contiguous Districts		33
	4		Cook		Contiguous Districts		9
	5		Matron Grade II		Contiguous Districts		8
	6		Sweeper-cum-Scavenger		Contiguous Districts		2
7			Scavenger		Contiguous Districts		3
	8		Watchman		Contiguous Districts		2
9			Head Master		Contiguous Districts		3
	10		Instructor		Contiguous Districts		17
	11		Physical Education Teacher		Contiguous Districts		3
12			Teacher		Contiguous Districts		14
	13		Supervisor		Contiguous Districts		96
	14		Nursing Orderly (MNO/FNO/WMO)		Contiguous Districts		4
	15		Case Worker		Contiguous Zones		8
	16		Deputy Superintendent of Homes		Contiguous Zones		8
	17		District Probation Officer, Gr I		Contiguous Zones		20
	18		District Probation Officer, Gr II		Contiguous Zones		19
	19		Head Supervisor		Contiguous Zones		19
	20		Intake Probation Officer		Contiguous Zones		6
	21		Junior House Master		Contiguous Zones		3
	22		Pharmacist Grade II		Contiguous Zones		3
	23		Senior Office Assistant		Contiguous Zones		16
	24		Senior House Master		Contiguous Zones		3
	25		Regional Inspector of Probation		Multi-Zone		5
	26		Superintendent (Homes)		Multi-Zone		14
27		Civil Assistant Surgeon			Deputation Post - Local Cadre to be	8
27		Civil Assistant Surgeon			decided by the Lending Department	8
					Grand Total		347

Civil Assistant Surgeon

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ANNEXURE - II

Distribution of Total Cadre Strength

Local Cadre - "District"

Name & Code of the Secretariat Department		Women, Children, Differently Abled and Senior Citizens
		Secretariat - WDC01
Name & Code of the HoD	Juvenile Welfare Department - WDC04

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ANNEXURE - III

Distribution of Total Cadre Strength

Local Cadre - ‘Contiguous Districts’

Name & Code of the Secretariat Department				Women Children Differently Abled and Senior Citizens Secretariat - WDC01
Name & Code of the HoD				Juvenile Welfare Department - WDC04
Name of the Local Cadre				Contiguous Districts
Sl.No.		Category of Post		Cadre Strength
					Anakapalli,		Alluri Sitharama Raju, East Godavari, Kakinada, Dr. B.R Ambedkar Konaseema						Eluru, West Godavari							Krishna, NTR		Bapatla, Guntur, SPSR Nellore, Palnadu, Prakasam
					Parvathipuram
					Manyam,
					Srikakulam,
					Visakhapatnam,
					Vizianagaram
1			Junior Office	3			1						2							3		1
1			Assistant	3			1						2							3		1
Sl.No.		Category of Post		Tirupati, Chittoor				Annamayya, YSR						A	Anantapuramu, Sri				i	Kurnool, Nandyal
Sl.No.		Category of Post		Tirupati, Chittoor						Kadapa							Sathya Sai			Kurnool, Nandyal
1			Junior Office	2			1						3							1
1			Assistant	2			1						3							1
	Name of the Local Cadre			C	Contiguous Districts
Sl.No.		Category of Post			Alluri Sitharama		East Godavari, Eluru, Kakinada, , Dr. B.R Ambedkar Konaseema, Krishna, NTR, West Godavari						Tirupati, Bapatla, Guntur, SPSR Nellore, Palnadu, Prakasam							Anantapuramu, Annamayya, Chittoor, Kurnool, Nandyal, Sri Sathya Sai, YSR Kadapa
					Raju, Anakapalli,
					Parvathipuram
					Manyam,
					Srikakulam,
					Visakhapatnam,
					Vizianagaram
1		Record Assistant		1			1						1							1
	Name of the Local Cadre			Contiguous Districts
Sl.No.		Category of Post		Srikakulam				P	Parvathipuram			m	Visakhapatnam							Anakapalli			Alluri Sitharama
								M		Manyam,	,												R	Raju, East	t
									Vizianagaram															Godavari
1		Office Subordinate		1			1						5							1		2
Sl.No.		Category of Post		K	Kakinada, Dr. B.R	R	West Godavari						Eluru							NTR		Krishna
					Ambedkar
					Konaseema
1		Office Subordinate		1			1						3							3		1
Sl.No.		Category of Post			Bapatla, Guntur,		Prakasam						SPSR Nellore							Tirupati		Chittoor
Sl.No.		Category of Post			Palnadu		Prakasam						SPSR Nellore							Tirupati		Chittoor
	1		Office Subordinate		1			1						1							2		1
Sl.No.		Category of Post		Annamayya			YSR Kadapa							A		Anantapuramu,		,		Sri Sathya Sai
Sl.No.		Category of Post		Annamayya			YSR Kadapa								Kurnool, Nandyal					Sri Sathya Sai
	1		Office Subordinate		1			4						2							1
	Name of the Local Cadre			C	Contiguous Districts
Sl.No.		Category of Post			Anakapalli,		Alluri Sitharama Raju, East Godavari, Kakinada, Dr. B.R Ambedkar Konaseema						Eluru, Krishna, NTR, West Godavari							Tirupati Bapatla, Chittoor, Guntur, SPSR Nellore, Palnadu, Prakasam		Annamayya, YSR Kadapa
					Parvathipuram
					Manyam,
					Srikakulam,
					Visakhapatnam,
					Vizianagaram
	1		Cook		1			1						2							1		2
	Sl.	Category of Post		A	Anantapuramu, Sr	i	Kurnool, Nandyal
	No.	Category of Post		A	Sathya Sai	i	Kurnool, Nandyal
	1		Cook		1			1

Alluri Sitharama Raju,
	East Godavari,
Kakinada, Dr. B.R
Ambedkar Konaseema

Bapatla, Guntur,
S	SPSR Nellore,			,
		Palnadu,
P		Prakasam	m

Eluru, West Godavari

Krishna, NTR

East Godavari, Eluru,
Kakinada, , Dr. B.R
Ambedkar Konaseema,
Krishna, NTR, West
G	Godavari	i

Anantapuramu,
	Annamayya,
Chittoor, Kurnool,
Nandyal, Sri Sathya
Sai, YSR Kadapa

		Tirupati, Bapatla,
G	Guntur, SPSR Nellore,			,
P		Palnadu, Prakasam	m

Alluri Sitharama Raju,
	East Godavari,
Kakinada, Dr. B.R
Ambedkar Konaseema

Tirupati Bapatla,
Chittoor, Guntur,
S	SPSR Nellore,	,
Palnadu, Prakasam

	Eluru, Krishna, NTR,
		West Godavari

	Annamayya,
	YSR Kadapa

	Name of the Local Cadre			C	Contiguous Districts
Sl.No.		Category of Post			Anakapalli,			A A	Alluri Sitharama Raju,			, ,	Tirupati, Bapatla, Chittoor, Guntur, SPSR Nellore, Palnadu, Prakasam						Anantapuramu, Annamayya, Kurnool, Nandyal, Sri Sathya Sai, YSR Kadapa
					Parvathipuram				East Godavari, Eluru,
						Manyam,			Kakinada, Dr. B.R
					Srikakulam,				Ambedkar Konaseema
					Visakhapatnam,				Krishna, NTR, West
					Vizianagaram					Godavari
1			Sweeper-cum-	1				0					0						1
1			Scavenger	1				0					0						1
	2		Scavenger		0				2					1						0
	Name of the Local Cadre			C	Contiguous Districts
	Sl.No.		Category of Post		Krishna, NTR
	1		Watchman		2
	Name of the Local Cadre			C	Contiguous Districts
Sl.No.		Category of Post		Alluri Sitharama Raju, Anakapalli, Parvathipuram Manyam, Srikakulam, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram				East Godavari, Eluru, Kakinada, Dr. B.R Ambedkar Konaseema, Krishna, NTR, West Godavari							Anantapuramu,
														Annamayya,Tirupati,
														B	Bapatla, Chittoor			,
														G	Guntur, Kurnool,			,
														Nandyal, SPSR Nellore,
														Palnadu, Prakasam, Sri
															Sathya Sai, YSR
														K		Kadapa	a
	1		Head Master		1				1					1
	2		Instructor		5				6					6
3			Physical Education	1				1					1
3			Teacher	1				1					1
	4		Teacher		4				5					5
	Name of the Local Cadre			C	Contiguous Districts
Sl.No.		Category of Post			Anakapalli,			Alluri Sitharama Raju, East Godavari, Kakinada, Dr. B.R Ambedkar Konaseema					Eluru, West Godavari						Krishna, NTR				Tirupati,
					Parvathipuram																		Bapatla,
						Manyam,																	Chittoor,
					Srikakulam,																	Guntur, SPSR
					Visakhapatnam,																Nellore, Palnadu,
					Vizianagaram																P		Prakasam	m
	1		Supervisor		25				7					18						7	7
Sl.No.		Category of Post			Annamayya, YSR				Anantapuramu, Sri				Kurnool, Nandyal
Sl.No.		Category of Post				Kadapa			S	Sathya Sai	i		Kurnool, Nandyal
	1		Supervisor		18				7					7
	Name of the Local Cadre			C	Contiguous Districts
Sl.No.		Category of Post		D V	Alluri Sitharama		r t	Anantapuramu, Annamayya, Tirupati, Bapatla, Chittoor, Guntur, Kurnool, Nandyal, SPSR Nellore, Palnadu, Prakasam, Sri Sathya Sai, YSR Kadapa
					Raju, Anakapalli,
					East Godavari,
					Eluru, Kakinada,
					Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
					Konaseema,
					Krishna, NTR,
					Parvathipuram
						Manyam,
					Srikakulam,
					Visakhapatnam,
					Vizianagaram, Wes
						Godavari
	1		Matron Grade II		4				4
	Name of the Local Cadre			C	Contiguous Districts
Sl.No.		Category of Post		Anakapalli, Parvathipuram Manyam, Srikakulam, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram				Alluri Sitharama Raju, East Godavari, Eluru, Kakinada, Dr. B.R Ambedkar Konaseema, Krishna, NTR, West Godavari							Anantapuramu,
														Annamayya, Tirupati,
														B	Bapatla, Chittoor			,
														G	Guntur, Kurnool,			,
														N	Nandyal, Nellore,			,
														Palnadu, Prakasam, Sri
															Sathya Sai, YSR
														K		Kadapa	a
1			Nursing Orderly	1				2					1
1			(MNO/FNO/WMO)	1				2					1

A	Anantapuramu		u,
	Annamayya,
Kurnool, Nandyal,
Sri Sathya Sai, YSR
		Kadapa

T	Tirupati, Bapatla		,
Chittoor, Guntur, SPSR
	Nellore, Palnadu,
		Prakasam

Alluri Sitharama
Raju, Anakapalli,
Parvathipuram
	Manyam,
Srikakulam,
Visakhapatnam,
Vizianagaram

East Godavari, Eluru,
Kakinada, Dr. B.R
Ambedkar Konaseema
Krishna, NTR, West
	Godavari

Alluri Sitharama Raju,

East Godavari,

Kakinada, Dr. B.R

Ambedkar Konaseema

		Eluru,
	West Godavari

Krishna, NTR

Kurnool, Nandya

Anantapuramu,
	Annamayya,
Tirupati, Bapatla,
Chittoor, Guntur,
Kurnool, Nandyal,
SPSR Nellore, Palnadu
Prakasam, Sri Sathya
Sai, YSR Kadapa

Anakapalli,
Parvathipuram
	Manyam,
Srikakulam,
Visakhapatnam,
Vizianagaram

Alluri Sitharama Raju,
East Godavari, Eluru,
Kakinada, Dr. B.R
A	Ambedkar	r
Konaseema, Krishna,
NTR, West Godavari

Total Cadre Strength (Contiguous Districts Level)

Sl.No	Post Name	Cadre Strength
1	Junior Office Assistant	17
2	Record Assistant	4
3	Office Subordinate	33
4	Cook	9
5	Sweeper-cum-Scavenger	2
6	Scavenger	3
7	Watchman	2
8	Head Master	3
9	Instructor	17
10	Physical Education Teacher	3
11	Teacher	14
12	Supervisor	96
13	Matron Grade II	8
14	Nursing Orderly (MNO/FNO/WMO)	4
	Grand Total	215

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ANNEXURE - IV

Distribution of Total Cadre Strength

Local Cadre - " Zones"

Name & Code of the Secretariat Department	Women, Children, Differently Abled and Senior Citizens Secretariat - WDC01
Name & Code of the HoD	Juvenile Welfare Department - WDC04

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ANNEXURE - V

Distribution of Total Cadre Strength

Local Cadre - "Contiguous Zones"

Name & Code of the Secretariat Department		Women, Children, Differently Abled and Senior Citizens Secretariat - WDC01
Name & Code of the HoD		Juvenile Welfare Department - WDC04
Name of the Local Cadre		Contiguous Zones -I
Sl.		Cadre Strength
Sl.	Category of Post
No.	Category of Post	Zone-I, Zone-II, Zone-III	Zone-IV, Zone-V, Zone-VI
No.		Zone-I, Zone-II, Zone-III	Zone-IV, Zone-V, Zone-VI

1	Case Worker	4	4
	Deputy Superintendent of
2	Deputy Superintendent of	4	4
2	Homes	4	4
	Homes
3	District Probation Officer, Gr I	8	12

4	District Probation Officer, Gr-II	10	9

5	Head Supervisor	10	9
6	Intake Probation Officer	3	3
7	Junior House Master	2	1
8	Pharmacist Grade II	2	1
9	Senior Office Assistant	8	8
10	Senior House Master	2	1

Total Cadre Strength (Contiguous Zones Level)
Sl.No	Post Name	Cadre Strength
1	Case Worker	8
2	Deputy Superintendent of Homes	8
3	District Probation Officer, Gr I	20
4	District Probation Officer, Gr II	19
5	Head Supervisor	19
6	Intake Probation Officer	6
7	Junior House Master	3
8	Pharmacist Grade II	3
9	Senior Office Assistant	16
10	Senior House Master	3
	Grand Total	105

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ANNEXURE - VI

Distribution of Total Cadre Strength

Local Cadre - "Multi-Zone"

		Women, Children, Differently Abled and Senior Citizens Secretariat -
Name & Code of the Secretariat Department
Name & Code of the Secretariat Department		WDC01
		WDC01
Name & Code of the HoD		Juvenile Welfare Department - WDC04
		Cadre Strength
Sl. No.	Post Name
Sl. No.	Post Name	Multi-Zone-I	Multi-Zone-II
		Multi-Zone-I	Multi-Zone-II
1	Regional Inspector of Probation	2	3
2	Superintendent (Homes)	7	7

Total Cadre Strength (Multi-Zone Level)

Sl.No	Post Name	Cadre Strength


1	Regional Inspector of Probation	5


2	Superintendent (Homes)	14


	Grand Total	19

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G.O. Ms. No.71, Finance (HR-II-Creation-Upgrade-Posts) Dept., Dated.31.07.2026

ANNEXURE – VII

Total Cadre Strength in the Supervisory Offices Subjected to Allocation

Name & Code of the Secretariat Department		Women, Children, Differently Abled and Senior Citizens Secretariat
		WDC01
Name & Code of the HoD	Juvenile Welfare Department - WDC04

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