Junior Assistant (Telangana, Group IV)

What you will actually do

• Maintaining files, registers and correspondence of a section
• Preparing bills, pay statements and accounts (Junior Accountant)
• Drafting letters and notes
• Entering data in departmental and treasury systems
• Counter work in public-facing offices

A typical day

You are allotted to a department and a district office: a treasury, a medical college, a civil supplies office, a municipality. The work is the section's routine paperwork, bills and registers, with more figures if you are a Junior Accountant. Hours are regular. Because one notification covers dozens of departments, what the job feels like depends heavily on the allotment.

Promotion path

Timelines are ranges and vary by cadre. See how promotions and MACP work.

1. Junior Assistant (Telangana, Group IV) (joining)

   24,280–72,850

2. Senior Assistant / Senior Accountant

   Typically 5–10 years, after departmental tests · via departmental exam

3. Superintendent

   Further service · via dpc

Promotion timelines vary by cadre and vacancies. If not promoted, MACP gives a pay upgrade after 10, 20 and 30 years.

How to get in

Eligibility: A bachelor's degree, with the subject requirements listed department-wise in the notification (for example a commerce degree for some Junior Accountant posts). Age 18–44. The general limit of 44 already includes the state's across-the-board relaxation. SC, ST, BC and EWS candidates get a further 5 years; state government employees and ex-servicemen as per the notification.

Postings

Posts are organised under the state's district, zonal and multi-zonal cadres, with local candidates getting most vacancies in each cadre.

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