No: 17-37/2025-GDS
Government of India
Ministry of Communication
Department of Posts
(Department of Posts
(GDS Section)
Date: 07-01-2026
To
All The Chief Postmasters General
Subject - GDS Online Engagement Schedule-I, January 2026 – Preparatory Exercise and timelines for online applications - reg.
Please refer to this office email dated 26.12.2025 and letter dated 31.12.2025 on the above-cited subject.
All Circles were requested to provide the tentative vacancies to be notified in the GDS online Engagement Schedule, Jan-2026. Now, as per the tentative vacancy position provided by the Circle, the competent authority has approved the total No. of 28,740 vacancies for notification in the GDS online engagement Schedule, January 2026, as per Annexure-A.
Therefore, Circles are requested to ensure that the number of vacancies approved as per Annexure-A will only be notified in the Schedule,-I Jan-2026, preferably excluding the posts of Dak Sewak and posts of ABPM found to be non-justified as per existing instructions, except all GDS Posts of Unbanked villages/LWE areas. The process of vacancy capturing in the Online portal should be completed by the Divisions/Circles as per the given timelines without fail and keeping in view the opening of the GDS online engagement portal for registration, no further extension will be allowed to Divisions for vacancy updation.
These issues with the approval of the competent authority.
Trading/Yours faithfully
Copy to :
- GM CEPT - for information, and it is requested to provide the appropriate remarks in the Portal for updation of such unnotified posts.
Annexure-A
(Annexure-I of letter no 17-37/2025-GDS date07-01-2026)
| Name of Circle | Final Vacancies to be notified in Schedule-I, Jan-26 |
|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh | 1060 |
| Assam | 639 |
| Bihar | 1347 |
| Chhattisgarh | 1155 |
| Delhi | 42 |
| Gujarat | 1830 |
| Haryana | 270 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 520 |
| Jammu And Kashmir | 267 |
| Jharkhand | 908 |
| Karnataka | 1023 |
| Kerala | 1691 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 2120 |
| Maharashtra | 3553 |
| North East | 1014 |
| Orissa | 1191 |
| Punjab | 262 |
| Rajasthan | 634 |
| Tamilnadu | 2009 |
| Telangana | 609 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 3169 |
| Uttarakhand | 445 |
| West Bengal | 2982 |
| Total | 28740 |
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