KFD Mangaluru Forest Watcher Recruitment 2026 — 54 Vacancies

KFD Mangaluru Forest Watcher Recruitment 2026: Overview

Karnataka Forest Department (KFD), Mangaluru Circle is recruiting Forest Watchers for its regular Group D cadre. This direct recruitment covers Mangaluru and Kundapura territorial divisions and Kudremukh Wildlife Division. The wildlife-division reservation provisions are a key part of the notice, so check the division-specific conditions when choosing your preferences.

Service Conditions and Caveats

• Posting and transfers: The recruitment belongs to Mangaluru Circle, but your service undertaking allows posting elsewhere in Karnataka or at a place specified by the government. Later transfers follow the department’s applicable rules.
• Service agreement: Before joining training, you must commit to at least three years of service from appointment. If you do not meet that commitment, the notice provides for recovery of the government’s training costs.
• Training and probation: You must successfully complete the prescribed six-month training. The probation period is thirty-six months, including training, so completion of training alone does not finish probation.
• Local forest communities: Kudremukh Wildlife Division carries a reservation for the specified local forest-dwelling Scheduled Tribes. Your claim must meet the notice’s local residence and schooling conditions, rather than relying only on a general tribal-category claim.
• Category claims: Reservation is assessed using the details you provide with the online application. Check the correct category and division before submitting, because the notice does not allow you to change those entries afterwards.
• Recruitment arrangements: Physical-test activities across circles are scheduled simultaneously. The authority may add, remove or change centres and announces these arrangements on the department’s recruitment pages.
• Travel and stay: You attend recruitment activities at your own expense. Allow for the possibility that they take more than a single day, including any accommodation you need.
• Application status: Completing an online form does not guarantee an appointment. Incorrect, incomplete or misleading entries can lead to rejection, and taking part in the recruitment does not remove the need to satisfy every applicable condition.
• Changes to recruitment: The authority can revise the vacancy classification or selection list when required by government directions or court orders. Use the department’s published updates when checking your position in the process.
• Pension: The notice places selected recruits under the contributory pension scheme specified by the government.

Application Submission Notes

Your application is online only. Keep a printout for your own use, but do not send a printed form to the department by post or in person. The notice also excludes applications sent by courier or email.

Corrigenda and Notices

• Application-window extension: The department’s latest-news page announces an extension applying to the Forest Watcher recruitment across circles. The deadline in this listing reflects that later notice; the original circle PDF still contains its earlier schedule.