The APPSC will conduct Group-I mains examinations from September 3 to 12 in five centres across the state. As many as 16,426 among the 1,73,013 candidates who had appeared for the prelims in May had qualified for the mains.

The recruitment exam is being held to fill 314 Group-I posts. The exams will be held in Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada, Warangal and Tirupati from 10 am to 1 pm. Candidates can download hall tickets from the APPSC website till 9 am on September 3.

“APPSC has introduced OMR barcode sheets that will be attached to the main answer books and details like candidate's name, registration number, paper code and centre name will be printed on the barcode sheet,“ said Poonam Malakondaiah, secretary, APPSC.