APCA Director Recruitment 2026 — 1 Post

APCA Director Recruitment 2026 — 1 Post, closes 15 November 2026

The Academy of Prisons & Correctional Administration (APCA), Vellore, Tamil Nadu, has invited applications to fill the post of Director. The 113th meeting of the Board of Management (07 August 2026, Bengaluru) resolved to fill the post by fresh applications from all over India. Both serving and retired prison officers are eligible. Applications must reach the Director, APCA by 15 November 2026; applications received after that date will not be entertained.

Basis of this post

The official document is the APCA letter Lr.No. E/Filling up the post of Director/2026 dated 14 October 2026, read in full as pages 2 to 5 of a 5-page scanned PDF hosted on the Tihar Prisons (Delhi Government) website as the enclosure to its forwarding letter F.18(28)/Estt-I/CI/PHQ/2026/15867 dated 05 November 2026. The APCA letter itself is the official APCA document.

How the post is filled

(i) By deputation from the cadre of Inspector General of Prisons or Additional Inspector General of Prisons, or Deputy Inspector General of Prisons with 5 years' experience, from the participating States. (ii) By re-employment of retired Inspector General or Additional Inspector General of Prisons from the participating States. (iii) If none are available, by re-employment of a retired Deputy Inspector General of Prisons with 5 years' experience. (iv) By re-employment of officers of the rank of Inspector General or Additional Inspector General from the non-participating States. Note: serving officers from States and Union Territories other than the 5 APCA member States — Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Kerala and Karnataka — are considered only if no suitable candidate is available from the 5 member States.

Tenure and pay

Deputation is for 2 years initially, which the Board of Management may extend or reduce. Serving officers get their parent scale of pay plus a Special Compensatory Allowance of 15 percent of basic pay and rent-free unfurnished quarters. Retired officers have their pay fixed as per the order of the respective State Government. No rupee figure is stated anywhere in the letter, so no salary figure is given here.

Age and fee

No age limit is stated anywhere in the letter. No application fee is mentioned in the letter.

How to apply

Applications with Bio Data and Service Register should be submitted through the Head of the Department of the respective State — applicants hand over their applications in the office of the Director General of Prisons of the respective State. Applications without a Service Register will not be considered. The Bio Data must include educational qualifications, entry level, positions held, retired as, years served as Superintendent, Deputy Inspector General and Inspector General, awards, research and publications. Applications are scrutinised after the cut-off date; eligible applicants are placed before the Board of Management, with personal appearance if necessary, or the Board selects directly. The Board's decision is final.