At a glance
The facts most likely to change your decision.
- Vacancies
- Not announced RSSB's short advertisement of 17 Jul 2025 announced Forest Guard posts alongside Forester and Surveyor, but the confirmed category-wise vacancy table comes only with the detailed advertisement, which is not yet published.
- Education
- 10th Secondary (Class 10) from a recognised board plus working knowledge of Hindi written in Devanagari script, per RSSB's short advertisement of 17 Jul 2025; confirm the final wording in the detailed advertisement.
- Age
- Minimum 18 and maximum 24 years as on 1 Jan 2026 in RSSB's short advertisement of 17 Jul 2025; the detailed advertisement will restate the cut-off date and the relaxations. Relaxations and cut-off dates are category-specific.
- Application fee
- See the detailed advertisement — RSSB charges a board-wide One Time Registration fee rather than a per-recruitment fee. Use the official payment instructions only.
- Pay
- Rajasthan Pay Matrix Level-4 in RSSB's short advertisement of 17 Jul 2025. Gross and in-hand pay vary by posting and allowance.
- Recruitment cycle
- Detailed advertisement awaited State · Rajasthan
Vacancies & reservation
What is known, what overlaps and what remains unreported.
Category table not available here
Check the latest official notice for the post- and category-wise distribution.
How to read reservation: UR, EWS, OBC, SC and ST are vertical categories. PwBD, women, ex-servicemen and similar horizontal reservations can overlap them and must not be added again to the total.
Complete timeline
One record from notification to final outcome.
No current-cycle dates announced
This timeline will be dated only after the recruiting body publishes a schedule.
Who can apply?
A readable first check—not a legal eligibility decision.
Basic eligibility paths
- The post sits in the Rajasthan Forest Subordinate Service, governed by the Rajasthan Forest Subordinate Service Rules, 2015 and, for scheduled-area vacancies, the Rajasthan Scheduled Areas Subordinate, Ministerial and Class IV Service Rules, 2014, as cited in RSSB's short advertisement of 17 Jul 2025.
- Unlike Forester, the short advertisement invites applications from all eligible candidates rather than only Common Eligibility Test qualifiers — confirm this in the detailed advertisement.
- Physical standards and an efficiency test apply to forest subordinate posts; the detailed advertisement will state the exact standards for Forest Guard.
Relaxations & certificates
- SC/ST, OBC-NCL, PwBD and ex-servicemen relaxations follow the applicable notification.
- Always check the certificate format and cut-off date in the official notice.
Selection process & syllabus
Stage by stage, without mixing recruitment years.
Selection stages
- 1Written examination conducted by RSSB
- 2Physical standard and efficiency testing, then document verification, as prescribed in the detailed advertisement
Syllabus snapshot
- Use only the scheme and syllabus published inside the Forest Guard detailed advertisement when RSSB issues it.
Application document checklist
Prepare before the portal gets busy.
Recent passport-size photograph and scanned signature
Government photo ID with the same name used in the application
Education certificates and marksheets
Category, EWS, PwBD or ex-serviceman certificate, if claimed
Domicile or language proof where the notification requires it
Official links & source record
Go straight to the recruiting body.
- Primary source
- RSSB short advertisement — direct recruitment to various Forest Department posts, 2025
- Published / changed
- Short advertisement listed 17 Jul 2025; advertisement list checked 4 Aug 2026
- Last checked
- 4 Aug 2026, 18:20 IST
Official notices, corrigenda and recruiting-body pages have final authority. This page is a reading aid.