At a glance
The facts most likely to change your decision.
- Vacancies
- 259 vacancies Advertisement 01/2026 splits the posts into 213 non-scheduled-area and 46 scheduled-area vacancies, each with its own category table.
- Education
- 12th Senior Secondary (10+2) from the Board of Secondary Education Rajasthan, CBSE or a government-declared equivalent, plus working knowledge of Hindi written in Devanagari script and knowledge of Rajasthani culture, per advertisement 01/2026.
- Age
- 18 to 40 years as on 1 Jan 2027 under advertisement 01/2026, with an additional 3-year relaxation for all applicants because no Forester recruitment was held in the preceding three years; Rajasthan category relaxations of 5 years (SC/ST/OBC/MBC men and general women) and 10 years (SC/ST/OBC/MBC women) apply and are not cumulative. Relaxations and cut-off dates are category-specific.
- Application fee
- One Time Registration fee of ₹600 for general and creamy-layer OBC/MBC applicants and ₹400 for Rajasthan non-creamy OBC/MBC, EWS, SC and ST applicants and for all applicants with disabilities, per advertisement 01/2026. Use the official payment instructions only.
- Pay
- Rajasthan Pay Matrix Level-8 under the 7th pay structure, with fixed monthly remuneration during a two-year probation, per advertisement 01/2026. Gross and in-hand pay vary by posting and allowance.
- Recruitment cycle
- 2026 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.
- completed
Detailed advertisement 01/2026
5 Jan 2026
- completed
Online application window
6 Jan – 4 Feb 2026
- current
Written examination (offline OMR)
Date awaited — RSSB will issue it separately
Who can apply?
A readable first check—not a legal eligibility decision.
Basic eligibility paths
- Only candidates declared qualified in the RSSB Common Eligibility Test (Senior Secondary Level) 2024, whose score cards were issued on 17 Feb 2025, could apply.
- Recruitment runs under the Rajasthan Forest Subordinate Service Rules, 2015 and, for scheduled-area posts, the Rajasthan Scheduled Areas Subordinate, Ministerial and Class IV Service Rules, 2014.
- Physical standards under Rule 19 of the 2015 rules: minimum height 163 cm for men and 150 cm for women, chest 84 cm with 5 cm expansion for men and 79 cm with 5 cm expansion for women, relaxed to 152 cm and 145 cm for the listed hill and north-eastern communities.
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
- 1Offline OMR written examination, with normalisation if the paper runs in more than one shift
- 2Physical standard test and a foot-march efficiency test — 25 km for men and 16 km for women within four hours, qualifying in nature under Rule 19
- 3Document verification and medical fitness
Syllabus snapshot
- Use only the official scheme and syllabus published inside advertisement 01/2026 on RSSB's advertisement page.
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 detailed advertisement 01/2026 — Forester (Vanpal) Direct Recruitment 2026
- Published / changed
- Detailed advertisement listed 5 Jan 2026
- Last checked
- 4 Aug 2026, 18:15 IST
Official notices, corrigenda and recruiting-body pages have final authority. This page is a reading aid.