KFD Mysore Forest Watcher Recruitment 2026 — 121 Vacancies

KFD Mysore Forest Watcher Recruitment 2026: Overview

Karnataka Forest Department (KFD), Mysore Circle is recruiting Forest Watchers through its direct recruitment drive for Group D staff. The department protects and manages forests and wildlife, and this notice belongs to the Mysore Circle recruitment for the current cycle. The latest addendum extends the application window while keeping the other terms of the original notification in force.

Service Conditions and Caveats

• Circle choice: You can choose only one region and one circle within that region. If you choose Mysore, take care that your application records the circle you intend to join.
• Single registration: The recruitment portal allows only one registration per person. Use your existing registration when returning to the portal so that your application remains linked to the same account.
• Local forest-dwelling tribe reservation: The official portal identifies Nagarahole Tiger Reserve as the wildlife unit associated with this reservation in Mysore Circle. The benefit is tied to the listed communities and residence within the relevant wildlife-area taluks.
• Community coverage: The portal lists Jenu Kuruba, Kadu Kuruba, Hakkipikki, Soliga, Soligaru, Yerava, Gowdlu, Irular, Koraga, Melakudi, Malaikudi, Maleru, Meda and Thoda. Your reservation claim must fit the notification's local forest-dwelling tribe rules.
• Project displacement: The portal identifies Nagarhole Tiger Reserve Division among the units where the project-displaced person quota is available. Check the applicable category carefully before claiming this benefit in your Mysore application.
• Regional reservation: The portal distinguishes Kalyana Karnataka from the other region. Its Kalyana Karnataka option is restricted to people covered by Article 371J, so do not treat the two regional choices as interchangeable.
• Details before signing: The portal FAQ allows changes to region, circle and gender before electronic signing. It also describes a one-time date-of-birth correction facility. Check these entries carefully because the FAQ says they cannot be changed once you electronically sign.
• Third-gender applicants: The registration form includes a third-gender option. The portal FAQ expressly confirms that you can use this option when completing your application.
• Payment status: If a successful payment still shows as processing, the portal advises waiting until the next day. Avoid paying again unless the earlier transaction is marked as failed or the amount has been returned.

Corrigenda and Notices

• Addendum II: The Mysore Circle notice revises the application and fee-payment timetable and provides a separate application-correction window. Use the revised dates shown in the date fields for this listing.
• Continuing terms: The addendum says the remaining provisions of the original recruitment notification continue unchanged. Read both documents together when checking your application, especially conditions that the short extension notice does not repeat.

• Assist forest staff with patrols in the assigned area.
• Watch for signs of forest fires and report them promptly.
• Report suspected illegal tree cutting and forest-product removal.
• Support wildlife protection activities under field staff supervision.
• Keep basic records of observations made during field duty.
• Help protect plantations and other forest assets.