GSTAT Judicial Member and Technical Member Recruitment 2026

GSTAT Judicial Member and Technical Member Recruitment 2026 — 20 posts

The Goods and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (GSTAT), Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, has invited online applications for 20 Member posts — Judicial Member 15 and Technical Member (Centre) 5 — under vacancy circular F. No. A-50050/99/2018-CESTAT-DOR-DOR dated 11 November 2026. The online application portal is active from 15 November 2026, and the last date to apply is 30 December 2026.

This is a direct recruitment of Tribunal Members. It is different from the GSTAT deputation recruitment of 237 posts that is already live on this site — do not confuse the two.

Vacancies

Judicial Member — 15 posts, one each at Srinagar, Shimla, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Cuttack, Ranchi, Raipur, Kolkata, Vishakhapatnam, Bangalore, Madurai, Coimbatore, Thiruvananthapuram, Guwahati and Chennai, with Kolkata appearing twice in the official table, that is two Judicial Member vacancies at Kolkata. Technical Member (Centre) — 5 posts, one each at Bhopal, Patna, Vishakhapatnam or Vijayawada, Bengaluru and Kolkata. A Member, upon selection, may be posted at any bench of the Tribunal. Applicants must indicate three preferences for the place of posting.

Who can apply

For Judicial Member, you must have been a Judge of a High Court, or for a combined period of ten years been a District Judge or an Additional District Judge, or been an advocate for ten years with substantial experience in litigation in matters relating to indirect taxes in the Appellate Tribunal, Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, State Value Added Tax Tribunal, High Court or Supreme Court.

For Technical Member (Centre), you must be or have been a member of the Indian Revenue (Customs and Indirect Taxes) Service, Group A, or of the All-India Service with at least three years of experience in the administration of an existing law or goods and services tax in the Central Government, and have completed at least twenty-five years of service in Group A.

Pay and tenure

The basic salary is Rs. 2,25,000 per month (fixed). For pensioners the pay is reduced by the gross amount of pension drawn. House rent is reimbursed up to Rs. 1,25,000 per month, with facility of a staff car or transport allowance, and allowances and other terms (DA, medical and so on) as applicable to Central Government officers at Pay Level 17. Pension, Provident Fund and gratuity are not admissible for tribunal service. Leave is 30 days of earned leave for every year of service and 8 days of casual leave every calendar year.

The tenure of Members is five years, subject to a maximum age limit of 67 years. The circular states that the minimum age of fifty years shall not apply for eligibility — there is no minimum age. Eligibility is considered as on the last date of submission of the application.

Fee

No application fee is mentioned in the vacancy circular.

Selection and how to apply

The Government will appoint on the recommendations of a Search-Cum-Selection Committee. Applications are scrutinised for suitability, and shortlisted candidates may be called for personal interaction if deemed necessary. No TA/DA is admissible for the interview or interaction.

Apply online only at the GSTAT online application portal in the form prescribed in Annexure-I, with the necessary documents. Applications through any other mode are liable to rejection. If a document cannot be uploaded, it may be forwarded by email to tarandeep.s14@nic.in by the last date, clearly mentioning the online application number. Applications by eligible and willing serving officers must be accompanied by the employer or head-of-department certificate (Annexure-II). Serving officers or sitting Judges must either resign or obtain voluntary retirement before joining. For portal or technical support, write to support.gstat@gstn.org.in. Read the official vacancy circular PDF linked below in full before applying.