KFD Kodagu Forest Watcher Recruitment 2026 — 32 Vacancies

KFD Kodagu Forest Watcher Recruitment 2026: Overview

Karnataka Forest Department (KFD), Kodagu Circle, is recruiting Forest Watchers for territorial forest and wildlife units. The regular Group D drive covers Madikeri Territorial Division, Virajpet Territorial Division and Madikeri Wildlife Division. For you, the main distinction is the unit where the opening sits: the circle brings forest-area and wildlife-area assignments into the same recruitment notice.

Service Conditions and Caveats

• Choose your circle: You can apply for only one region and one circle within it. The department's registration system serves several circles, so make sure your application records Kodagu if this is the recruitment you intend to join.
• Territorial and wildlife units: Madikeri appears in the names of both a territorial division and a wildlife division. They are separate entries in the notice, alongside Virajpet Territorial Division; do not treat the shared place name as meaning that every opening belongs to the same office.
• Local reservation: Madikeri Wildlife Division includes reservation for notified Local Forest Dwelling Tribes. This is a specific local category, not an automatic benefit for every Scheduled Tribe applicant. The department's recruitment guidance connects the claim to the community and the relevant wildlife-area taluk.
• Current openings: The notice explains that the earlier Kodagu recruitment left no backlog posts to carry into this drive. This matters when you compare it with neighbouring circles, some of which advertise fresh and backlog posts together.
• Identity details: Apply using your own Aadhaar information. Using another person's identity can lead to rejection and a bar on future department recruitment, even if the problem comes to light after your application has been accepted initially.
• Scrutiny: The department checks the information entered in your application against the supporting records. Incomplete or unclear applications can be rejected, and participation in a later recruitment activity does not remove the need to meet all the notified conditions.
• Medical appeal: The notice allows an appeal to the selection authority within seven days of a disqualifying medical decision. A medical board examines the appeal; its report is final for that review, so keep track of any communication about your case.
• Further updates: The selection authority can change the vacancy classification when necessary and publish the change through the department website. Read the circle name on any later notice, since updates for other forest circles appear on the same website.

Corrigenda and Notices

• Addendum II: The department reopened applications and extended the submission and fee-payment deadlines for administrative reasons. It also announced an application-correction window. All other conditions in the original Kodagu recruitment notice remain in force.

• Patrol assigned forest areas and report damage or unlawful activity.
• Assist field staff with forest and wildlife protection.
• Watch for forest fires and alert the supervising team.
• Support protection work in territorial forests or the wildlife division.
• Record patrol observations and important incidents clearly.
• Report injured wildlife and damage to forest boundaries or property.