KFD CKM Forest Watcher Recruitment 2026 — 60 Vacancies

KFD Chikkamagaluru Forest Watcher Recruitment 2026: Overview

Karnataka Forest Department (KFD), Chikkamagaluru Circle, is recruiting Forest Watchers for its territorial divisions and Bhadra Tiger Reserve. This regular Group D recruitment includes fresh openings and backlog posts left unfilled in an earlier drive. If you are considering forest field work, the notice brings together territorial forest protection and wildlife-area assignments within the same circle.

Service Conditions and Caveats

• Circle choice: You can apply to only one region and one circle within that region. Check your choice carefully because the department treats the circle you select as part of your application, rather than as a general expression of interest in any Karnataka forest job.
• Work units: The notice places these posts in Chikkamagaluru Territorial Division, Koppa Territorial Division and Bhadra Tiger Reserve. All are within this circle, but they are separate units; you should not treat the recruitment office address as a promise of an office-based assignment.
• Backlog recruitment: The Bhadra Tiger Reserve component includes posts carried forward from an earlier recruitment. The notice identifies these separately, so the reservation attached to a backlog opening continues to matter even though you apply through the same recruitment portal.
• Local forest-dwelling tribes: The Bhadra component has a separate reservation provision for notified Local Forest Dwelling Tribes. A general Scheduled Tribe claim does not automatically establish a claim under this local category. Check the notified community and wildlife-jurisdiction conditions against your own circumstances.
• Your identity: Use your own Aadhaar details. The notice says using another person's Aadhaar can lead to rejection and a bar on later department recruitment; entering someone else's details is not an acceptable way to get past a registration problem.
• Medical review: If a medical finding disqualifies you, the notice provides a route to appeal to the selection authority within seven days. A medical board then reviews the case, and its decision on that appeal is final.
• Application accuracy: The department can reject incomplete, unclear or incorrect applications during scrutiny. Taking part in the recruitment does not by itself give you a right to appointment if the checks later show that you do not meet the conditions.
• Recruitment updates: The selection authority may revise the vacancy classification and publish updates through the department website. Check the relevant circle notice when reading an update, because the website also carries recruitment information for other circles.

Corrigenda and Notices

• Addendum II dated 5 September 2026: The department reopened the application window and revised the application and fee-payment deadlines for administrative reasons. It also announced a separate correction window. The addendum leaves the remaining original notification conditions in force.

• Patrol assigned forest areas and report signs of damage or unlawful activity.
• Assist forest staff with wildlife and habitat protection.
• Watch for forest fires and help the field team respond safely.
• Support protection work in territorial forests or the tiger reserve.
• Keep clear records of patrol observations and incidents.
• Report injured wildlife, damaged boundaries and other field concerns to supervising staff.