India Post GDS Recruitment 2026: 28,740 Posts, State-wise Vacancy Details

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 :

1. GM CEPT - for information, and it is requested to provide the appropriate remarks in the Portal for updation of such unnotified posts.

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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