Goa Collectorate Recruitment 2026 — 94 UDC, LDC and MTS Group-C vacancies
The Office of the Collector, North Goa (Panaji) and the Office of the Collector, South Goa (Margao) have jointly advertised 94 Group-C vacancies under Notice 95/3/2026/Recruitment/COM/CAB, dated 10 November 2026. The recruitment covers 11 Upper Division Clerk (UDC) positions, 74 Lower Division Clerk (LDC) positions and 9 Multi Tasking Staff (MTS) positions. The official Government of Goa notice sets 27 November 2026 as the last online application date through the ITG Goa recruitment portal.
This is a Goa-residence and language-dependent recruitment, not an unrestricted all-India intake based only on graduation, Class 12 or Class 10. Applicants need a valid 15-year Goa residence certificate, a Goa Employment Exchange registration card, and knowledge of Konkani in addition to the relevant qualification and experience. These conditions can determine eligibility even when the applicant passes the written examination.
Recruitment dates, workplaces and pay levels
Pay level is not take-home salary. This notice prints Levels 4, 2 and 1, but does not state separate rupee pay-matrix entry amounts or estimated monthly in-hand compensation. Those figures should not be presented as notified salary amounts.
94 seats: check the office as carefully as the post
There are 48 positions in North Goa and 46 in South Goa. There is no UDC vacancy in South Goa in this advertisement. A candidate should not assume that the advertised North/South office split guarantees a preferred individual town or final zone: the department retains control of postings.
📊 Post-wise number of advertised vacancies
📊 Seats in the two notified Collectorates
Full vertical reservation breakdown — all five notified office/post groups
The table below follows the actual five groups in pages 1–2. The horizontal reservations for sportsmen and persons with benchmark disabilities are counted within the 94, not added to the totals.
📊 Vertical reservation across all 94 seats
Horizontal reservation: In the North Goa pool of 48, the notification earmarks one sportsperson position and two PwBD positions, split into one hearing-related and one specified locomotor-disability seat. In the South Goa pool of 46, it similarly earmarks one sportsperson position and two PwBD positions. Together: 2 sportsperson seats and 4 PwBD seats, all included in 94. The detailed disability descriptions and suitability criteria should be read in the original notice; the published table does not allocate these horizontal seats separately to individual UDC/LDC/MTS rows.
Three different qualifications — do not apply by pay level alone
Upper Division Clerk (UDC): 11 openings, North Goa only
The UDC route requires a Bachelor's degree from a recognised university, one year of administrative work experience, a minimum six-month computer certificate course, and knowledge of Konkani. Marathi knowledge is desirable. A government-recognised exemption for certain computer-related degrees/diplomas or qualifying COPA certificates is explained in Notes 3–4 of the notice; do not assume every short computer course satisfies the rule. Pay Level 4 applies. Category split: UR 7, ST 1, OBC 2, EWS 1, SC 0.
Lower Division Clerk (LDC): 74 openings in North and South Goa
The LDC route requires Higher Secondary School Certificate / equivalent from an eligible recognised board or the notified technical-education equivalent; computer knowledge and English typing speed of 30 words per minute; at least one year of working experience under the Government's applicable instructions; and Konkani knowledge. Marathi knowledge is desirable. Pay Level 2 applies. North has 33 seats and South 41. The advertisement does not print an independent official typing-test duration, error tolerance or typing-test date; the notice says a skill test may be conducted where applicable.
Multi Tasking Staff (MTS): 9 openings in North and South Goa
The MTS route requires a Secondary School Certificate (Class 10) from a recognised board/institution or a recognised ITI certificate course in a relevant trade; at least one year of relevant working experience under applicable Government instructions; and Konkani knowledge. Marathi and ability to operate office machines, including computers, are desirable rather than mandatory named qualifications. Pay Level 1 applies. North Goa has four posts and South Goa five posts.
Important concession: The advertisement states that the Government of Goa has exempted eligible PwD candidates from the essential experience requirement under Order 1/8/2023-PER/2792 dated 8 September 2026. This does not automatically remove the essential education, typing or language requirement; check the exact post and proof applicable to the PwD claim.
Goa-specific entry conditions that can reject an otherwise strong candidate
Fifteen-year Goa residence: Every applicant must possess a valid residence certificate showing 15 years' residence in Goa, issued by the competent authority. Living in Goa without the required valid certificate is not the same as meeting the document condition.
Goa Employment Exchange registration: A valid card / proof of registration with the Goa Employment Exchange is required. Registration with an exchange does not replace the online recruitment application—Note 21 explicitly instructs registered candidates to apply online at the portal.
Konkani: Knowledge of Konkani is essential for all three posts, and 15% of the announced written-test weightage is assigned to Konkani. Marathi is desirable, not a substitute for the essential Konkani requirement.
Experience: UDC requires an administrative-work year; LDC and MTS require one working year under the relevant Government orders. The date used to check experience and educational qualifications is the final application date, 27 November 2026. Job experience must be documented when called for verification.
Certificates and reservation: Candidates are expected to have their relevant caste, EWS, PwD, employment, experience, residence and computer documents ready. The notice specifically warns that a claimant without the valid Goa OBC certificate (including those in the creamy layer) should apply under UR rather than claim OBC reservation.
Age eligibility — 45 years and the notified Goa concessions
The notice sets a maximum age of 45 for UDC, LDC and MTS. It allows up to five years for Government servants and staff of the Office of Administrator of Comunidades, following applicable Government orders. Its general notes additionally state the following relaxations for relevant reserved categories: SC/ST +5 years; OBC +3 years; PwD +10 years; PwD with SC/ST +15 years; PwD with OBC +13 years. Ex-servicemen receive applicable statutory concessions. The notification explicitly caps applicable age at 56 years for all categories. These are conditional, document-dependent concessions; they should not be multiplied beyond the notice's ceiling.
The cut-off for age is the application closing date, 27 November 2026. No minimum age or detailed birth-date interval is separately published in this six-page notification, and none is invented here.
Application fee: one common fee schedule for all three types of posts
Fees are collected online only by Internet Banking, debit/credit card or UPI. No physical payments are permitted. The notification does not identify additional gateway charges, an official fee-refund scheme or a cash payment option. Applying for more than one category of post requires a separate application for each category; assess the fees and documentary requirements accordingly.
Written examination — 25% role knowledge, 60% common abilities, 15% Konkani
The official paper is objective-based, and the department says the written examination marks determine the merit list. A qualifying skill test will follow where applicable. The detailed syllabus is on pages 5–6 of the advertisement; it uses percentages, not absolute marks or question counts. No paper duration, total marks, pass mark, negative marking, or fixed test date is supplied. A candidate should not assume any such figures from other Goa recruitment examinations.
📊 Official written-test subject weightage
UDC — post-specific 25% of the written examination
- Office administration and procedures; establishment and service matters.
- Accounts and financial procedures; Government administration and statutory provisions.
- Office computer applications; Right to Information Act.
The other 75% follows the common 60% general section and 15% Konkani. Practical focus: handling official records, establishment/payroll records, routine office accounting and legal-office awareness, without inventing a notification-specific book list.
LDC — post-specific 25% of the written examination
- Clerical duties and office procedure.
- Typing and documentation.
- Basic establishment and accounts.
- Computer applications and public-office awareness.
The printed essential typing requirement is 30 WPM in English, but the advertisement gives no separate timetable or scoring rules for a typing skill test. Candidates should prepare for the typing standard while following future portal notices for any actual skill test.
MTS — post-specific 25% of the written examination
- Basic office duties and workplace awareness.
- Office maintenance and safe handling of records and equipment.
- General workplace awareness.
The MTS subject content is not the same as the UDC administrative-accounting syllabus. Applicants should study the duties and handling of records/equipment appropriate to their post, plus the shared general and Konkani sections.
Common 60% and 15% sections — for all three posts
The 60% common portion includes General Knowledge, Reasoning, Mathematics and Basic Computer Awareness. The remaining 15% covers Konkani Language. The notice does not provide a topic-by-topic numeric breakup within the 60% or state that all four areas receive equal marks; treating them as four identical 15% groups would invent an exam blueprint.
Selection, zone allocation and future official notices
The advertisement says eligible candidates will be called for an objective written test, and final selection will be based on the written-test merit. Where applicable, a skill test will be conducted for candidates on the merit list. It also mentions a single merit list and subsequent allotment to North, Central and South zones for each relevant post category. Because the vacancy schedule distinguishes two Collectorates, do not interpret the three possible allocation zones as three independent advertised vacancy pools. Requests to change the zone allotted by the department will not be entertained.
Candidates who are shortlisted must produce their original eligibility and reservation documents when directed. No documentary upload at first application is required in the notice apart from a recent photograph, though the online portal may set its own form-specific fields; the notice says candidates need not furnish documents at the time of applying. Passing a written paper does not protect an applicant who fails to produce essential certificates at the later stage.
Dates yet to be announced: objective written test, venue, possible skill test, merit list, verification and appointment. The notification says examination details will be communicated through SMS, email and the ITG Goa website. It says the syllabus would be made available by 16 November 2026 on the relevant sites; this is a syllabus-availability reference, not an examination date.
How to apply without missing one of the document gates
- Read the signed six-page joint recruitment advertisement, including pages 3–6, not only the first vacancy page.
- Verify you can obtain a valid Goa 15-year residence certificate, Goa Employment Exchange registration, and the essential education, experience, language and computer/typing evidence for your chosen post.
- Visit the official ITG Goa online recruitment portal and select the appropriate UDC, LDC or MTS application category. Do not assume one application covers all three distinct post categories.
- Complete personal, category, qualification and experience details consistently, upload a recent passport-size photo, and pay the fee by an allowed online method if applicable.
- Submit by 27 November 2026. Since the notice gives no specific closing hour, do not presume the form will remain available through 11:59 p.m.
- Retain the submission acknowledgement and monitor official websites, SMS and email for the written test, subsequent skill test if needed and document-verification requirements.
What the notification does — and does not — promise
This is a regular Group-C recruitment announcement, not a guarantee of any particular posting city, immediate joining, fixed take-home salary, no-skill-test selection, or unrestricted eligibility for candidates from other states. The two Collectorates reserve the right to cancel recruitment without prior notice. The official six pages contain the current applicable selection rules. Any subsequent amendments, detailed exam schedule, skill-test instructions, merit lists or joining directions must come from the authorities themselves.
Official sources: Government of Goa Recruitment Register, Original Joint Advertisement, North Goa official recruitment listing, ITG Goa online application.