BPSSC Forest Range Officer Recruitment 2026: 16 Vacancies, Check Eligibility and Apply Online

The Bihar Police Subordinate Services Commission has thrown open 16 seats for the post of forest range Officer, and the timing could not be better for graduates in science, agriculture, forestry, or engineering who have been waiting for a state-level opening in the environment sector. Released under Advertisement No. 10/2026, the BPSSC Forest Range Officer recruitment drive covers vacancies in Bihar's Environment, Forest, and Climate Change Department, with online applications opening on 16 July 2026 and closing on 16 August 2026. Anyone tracking Bihar Forest Department vacancies this year should read the final print here before the portal opens, because the eligibility rules, physical standards, and merit calculation include a few details that may surprise first-time applicants.

BPSSC last recruited for this post under Advertisement No. 02/2025, which carried 24 vacancies and saw applications open from 1 May 2025. That cycle's written exam was held on 24 August 2025, drew close to 10,900 candidates for the Hindi paper alone, and finally wrapped up with results in May 2026, nearly a year after applications opened. This year's Advt 10/2026 brings only 16 posts, a drop of eight vacancies, or roughly one-third fewer seats than the previous cycle. This is the detail that matters most for your preparation strategy: fewer vacancies against what is likely to be a similar or larger applicant pool means the written exam cutoff for 2026 will probably sit higher than last year's, not lower. Candidates banking on the 2025 cutoff as a safe target are underestimating this cycle.

The final cutoff below reflects the combined score out of 350 (300 written marks plus 50 interview marks) for the 2025 recruitment of 24 posts. No separate cutoff has yet been published for the 2020 cycle in a form that can be verified here, so only the most recent confirmed figures are listed. - General (Male): approximately 270.6 marks, close to 77.3% - EBC (Extremely Backward Class): approximately 257.10 marks - BC (Backward Class): approximately 253.80 marks

BPSSC has not released, and cannot release, a cutoff before the exam is conducted. Based purely on the drop from 24 to 16 vacancies and the steady rise in applicant numbers seen in the last cycle, a reasonable working estimate for General category candidates is somewhere in the 275 to 285 marks range (about 78-81%), with EBC and BC likely to move up proportionally as well. Treat this score as a preparation target, not a fact, and revise your expectation once the official notification of the result is out.

The post carried Pay Level-6 of the state pay matrix, with a starting basic pay of Rs. 35,400, rising up to Rs. 1,12,400 over the course of the career.

The online application fee is Rs. 100 for all categories: male, female, and third-gender candidates alike. Payment must be made online through net banking, credit card, or RuPay debit card; bank transaction charges, if any, are payable in addition by the candidate. No other mode of payment is accepted, and fees already paid are not refunded except in cases of failed transactions, which are auto-refunded by the payment gateway within about 7 working days.

The Bihar Police Subordinate Services Commission conducts recruitment for a range of subordinate posts on behalf of Bihar government departments, including the Environment, Forest, and Climate Change Department. Selected Forest range Officers work under the administrative control of the Principal Chief Conservator of Forest, Bihar, and are typically responsible for managing a forest range; overseeing forest protection, wildlife conservation, plantation drives, and enforcement of forest laws within their assigned jurisdiction.