Deployment of Posts Allocation Module (PAM) in PO 2025 Application in NIDHI Portal – Operational Guidelines [Released]. Memo No.3322665/FIN01-HR0PDPP(RRD)/17/2026-HR-I, dated:12-07-2026
Sub: Finance Department – Andhra Pradesh Public Employment (Organisation of Local Cadres & Regulation of Direct Recruitment) Order, 2025 – Distribution of cadre strength and working strength of the erstwhile zonal, district and divisional level offices among the reorganized district and divisional level offices – Deployment of Posts Allocation Module (PAM) in PO 2025 Application in NIDHI Portal – Operational Guidelines – Communicated – Reg.
Ref:
2. In reference 3rd read above, the General Administration (SPF&MC) Department has directed all Secretariat Departments to classify the categories of posts into District Cadre, Zonal Cadre, or Multi-Zonal Cadre, in conformity with Paragraphs 3 and 6 of the Presidential Order, 2025. In order to constitute the said local cadres, it is necessary to determine and distribute cadre strength and working strength in each category of post among District,-Zonal and Multi-Zonal local cadres in terms of Andhra Pradesh Public Employment (Organisation of Local Cadres & Regulation of Direct Recruitment) Order, 2025.
3. Accordingly, Finance Department has issued guidelines vide references 4th cited above, on distribution of total cadre strength and working cadre strength.
4. In this regard, the Posts Allocation Module (PAM) has been designed, developed and deployed by the AP Centre for Financial Systems & Services (APCFSS), as part of the PO 2025 application in NIDHI portal, to facilitate the Departments to carry out the allocation of cadre strength and working strength across the reorganized local areas (multi-zones / zones / districts / divisions).
5. In order to access and complete the above activities, the Department should have completed the Cadre Distribution Module (CDM) and Personnel Allocation Module (PDM) in the ‘eHRM’ application and also the Organization of Local Cadres Module (OLM) in ‘P.O 2025’ application in NIDHI portal.
6. In the light of the above, the Government hereby issues the following operational guidelines for allocation of cadre strength and working strength through the Posts Allocation Module (PAM) in NIDHI Portal.
1. PAM- Cadre Strength Allocation
Identification of Offices Subjected to Allocation
g. Access the ‘PAM- Cadre Strength Allocation’ tile.
h. Allocate the categories of posts and cadre strength of the erstwhile local areas (erstwhile zones, districts, divisions) to the respective reorganized local areas (reorganized zones, districts, divisions as applicable)
i. Where there are unavoidable functional/administrative requirements, the vacant posts in any other office under the HoD may be shifted to the reorganized local area offices as required.
j. Confirm the data after making required adjustments in the allocations to ensure to keep the “Variance from PARs” to the minimum.
Preview and Confirm
k. Upon distribution, the maker can see the summary of the cadre strength of thes, Zone wise, of the department amongst the reorganized local areas and shall confirm the same before forwarding the data to the next level.
Subsequent Process
l. Upon completion of the above activities, forward the data to the Checker concerned.
w. Upon distribution, the ‘Maker’ can see the summary of the working strength of the department amongst the reorganized local areas and shall confirm the same for forwarding the data to the next level.
Subsequent Process
x. Follow the process as described at 2(k) to 2(r) above.
7. All Special Chief Secretaries / Principal Secretaries / Secretaries / Ex-Officio Secretaries to Government of Secretariat Departments / all Heads of Departments / Competent Authorities shall take necessary action in the matter, accordingly. The CEO, APCFSS is directed to extend required technical support in this matter.
8. The user manual & online resources are available at nidhi.apcfss.in.
Sub: Finance Department – Andhra Pradesh Public Employment (Organisation of Local Cadres & Regulation of Direct Recruitment) Order, 2025 – Distribution of cadre strength and working strength of the erstwhile zonal, district and divisional level offices among the reorganized district and divisional level offices – Deployment of Posts Allocation Module (PAM) in PO 2025 Application in NIDHI Portal – Operational Guidelines – Communicated – Reg.
Ref:
- 1. Presidential Order S.O. 5777(E), dated 15.12.2025 (Andhra Pradesh Public Employment (Organisation of Local Cadres & Regulation of Direct Recruitment) Order, 2025), published in the Gazette of India, Part II, Section 3(ii), dated 15.12.2025.
- 2. G.O.Ms.No.45, GA(SPF&MC) Department, dated 20.04.2026 (republication of the Presidential Order, 2025 in the A.P. Gazette).
- 3. G.O.Ms.No.54, GA(SPF&MC) Department, dated 14.05.2026.(Guidelines on Organization of Local Cadres)
- 4. GOMs No. 46 Finance (HR.I.Plg & Policy) Department, dated 06-07-2026.
2. In reference 3rd read above, the General Administration (SPF&MC) Department has directed all Secretariat Departments to classify the categories of posts into District Cadre, Zonal Cadre, or Multi-Zonal Cadre, in conformity with Paragraphs 3 and 6 of the Presidential Order, 2025. In order to constitute the said local cadres, it is necessary to determine and distribute cadre strength and working strength in each category of post among District,-Zonal and Multi-Zonal local cadres in terms of Andhra Pradesh Public Employment (Organisation of Local Cadres & Regulation of Direct Recruitment) Order, 2025.
3. Accordingly, Finance Department has issued guidelines vide references 4th cited above, on distribution of total cadre strength and working cadre strength.
4. In this regard, the Posts Allocation Module (PAM) has been designed, developed and deployed by the AP Centre for Financial Systems & Services (APCFSS), as part of the PO 2025 application in NIDHI portal, to facilitate the Departments to carry out the allocation of cadre strength and working strength across the reorganized local areas (multi-zones / zones / districts / divisions).
5. In order to access and complete the above activities, the Department should have completed the Cadre Distribution Module (CDM) and Personnel Allocation Module (PDM) in the ‘eHRM’ application and also the Organization of Local Cadres Module (OLM) in ‘P.O 2025’ application in NIDHI portal.
6. In the light of the above, the Government hereby issues the following operational guidelines for allocation of cadre strength and working strength through the Posts Allocation Module (PAM) in NIDHI Portal.
A). SCOPE
The following services may be accessed in Posts Allocation Module (PAM)1. PAM- Cadre Strength Allocation
- a. Identification of Offices Subjected to Allocation
- b. Determination of Posts Allocation Ratios (PARs)
- c. Allocation of Cadre Strength
B. SERVICE DELIVERY PROCESSES
1. Workflow Configuration- a. The ‘Maker’, ‘Checker’ and ‘Approver’ configured for the “Organization of Local Cadres Module (OLM)” in “PO 2025 Application” in NIDHI portal, at the HoD and Secretariat Department levels, shall be valid for accessing the PAM also.
- b. After scrutiny at the Secretariat Department concerned, the posts allocation proposal shall be forwarded to the Finance Department for concurrence and issuance of necessary orders.
Identification of Offices Subjected to Allocation
- a. Log into the NIDHI Portal and access ‘PAM’ in ‘P.O 2025’ application.
- b. Access the ‘Offices Subjected to Allocation’ tab and carry out the following activities.
- • Confirm the offices that are subjected to allocation and those that are not subjected to allocation.
- • Provide the details of the offices newly established in the reorganized local areas (multi-zones / zones / districts / divisions)
- c. Access the ‘Posts Allocation Ratios (PARs)’ tab.
- d. Specify the service delivery parameter as per the guidelines provided vide the reference 4th above.
- e. Enter the Mandal level data pertaining to the above-specified service delivery parameter and generate the Posts Allocation Ratios (PARs) for offices at zonal level, district level and division level.
- f. Few Departments have raised an issue that mandal level data is not available for estimating PAR in their departments. In such cases, it is advised that the department may use an appropriate available parameter covering divisions or reorganized districts for arriving at the PAR.
g. Access the ‘PAM- Cadre Strength Allocation’ tile.
h. Allocate the categories of posts and cadre strength of the erstwhile local areas (erstwhile zones, districts, divisions) to the respective reorganized local areas (reorganized zones, districts, divisions as applicable)
i. Where there are unavoidable functional/administrative requirements, the vacant posts in any other office under the HoD may be shifted to the reorganized local area offices as required.
j. Confirm the data after making required adjustments in the allocations to ensure to keep the “Variance from PARs” to the minimum.
Preview and Confirm
k. Upon distribution, the maker can see the summary of the cadre strength of thes, Zone wise, of the department amongst the reorganized local areas and shall confirm the same before forwarding the data to the next level.
Subsequent Process
l. Upon completion of the above activities, forward the data to the Checker concerned.
- m. The ‘Checker’ shall, upon verification of the data, forward it to the ‘Approver’ in the HoD.
- n. The HoD shall, upon verification of the data, approve the same. The proposals for allocation shall be auto generated with e-signature of the HoD and the same shall be forwarded to the ‘Maker’ in the Secretariat Department concerned along with the data.
- o. In case of any discrepancies, the ‘Checker’ in the HoD Office or the HoD shall return the proposal to the ‘Maker’ concerned for correction, clearly specifying the reasons for return.
- p. The ‘Maker’ in the Secretariat Department shall, upon verification of the data, forward it to the ‘Checker’ concerned, who shall verify the data and forward the same to the Secretary concerned.
- q. The Secretary shall approve the proposal upon verification of the data.
- r. In case of any discrepancies, the Secretary shall return the proposal to the HoD concerned for correction, clearly specifying the reasons for return.
- s. The counter signed proposals shall be forwarded to the Finance Department for concurrence and issuance of necessary orders, through Maker-Checker Approver workflow.
- t. Access the ‘PAM- Working Strength Allocation’ tile.
- u. Allocate the working strength of the erstwhile local areas (erstwhile zones, districts, divisions) to the categories of posts already allocated to the respective reorganized local areas (reorganized zones, districts, divisions as applicable) at step (2) (f), (2) (g) and (2) (i) above.
- v. Confirm the data after making required adjustments in the allocations to ensure to keep the “Variance from PARs” to the minimum.
w. Upon distribution, the ‘Maker’ can see the summary of the working strength of the department amongst the reorganized local areas and shall confirm the same for forwarding the data to the next level.
Subsequent Process
x. Follow the process as described at 2(k) to 2(r) above.
7. All Special Chief Secretaries / Principal Secretaries / Secretaries / Ex-Officio Secretaries to Government of Secretariat Departments / all Heads of Departments / Competent Authorities shall take necessary action in the matter, accordingly. The CEO, APCFSS is directed to extend required technical support in this matter.
8. The user manual & online resources are available at nidhi.apcfss.in.
