GSTAT Recruitment 2026 — Stenographer, UDC and More (Deputation Only)

GSTAT deputation recruitment 2026 — read this first

This is a DEPUTATION-ONLY vacancy circular. The Goods and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (GSTAT), Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, has invited applications from officers and officials working under the Central Government, State Governments, Union Territories and Tribunals. It is NOT open to the general public or to fresh candidates. If you are not already in government service in a feeder post, you cannot apply.

Vacancy Circular No. A-12/4/2024-GSTAT-DOR-DOR-Part (3) is dated 6 November 2026 and continues the earlier circulars dated 14 September 2024 and 14 August 2025. There are 237 posts in 13 categories, subject to variation depending on workload.

Posts and pay levels

The posts and their pay levels are: Financial Advisor, 1 post, Level-13 ₹1,23,100–2,15,900; Joint Registrar, 3 posts, Level-12 ₹78,800–2,09,200; Deputy Registrar, 6 posts, Level-11 ₹67,700–2,08,700; Principal Private Secretary, 10 posts, Level-11 ₹67,700–2,08,700; Assistant Registrar, 1 post, Level-10 ₹56,100–1,77,500; Senior Private Secretary, 18 posts, Level-8 ₹47,600–1,51,100; Senior Accounts Officer, 9 posts, Level-10 ₹56,100–1,77,500; Court Officer, 56 posts, Level-8 ₹47,600–1,51,100; Private Secretary, 23 posts, Level-7 ₹44,900–1,42,400; Accountant, 15 posts, Level-6 ₹35,400–1,12,400; Stenographer Grade I, 59 posts, Level-6 ₹35,400–1,12,400; Assistant, 17 posts, Level-6 ₹35,400–1,12,400; and Upper Division Clerk, 19 posts, Level-4 ₹25,500–81,100.

Who can apply

Applicants must be serving officers in the parent cadre or department holding an analogous post or with the prescribed regular service in the feeder level, plus the post-specific essential qualifications. For example, the Financial Advisor needs a Bachelor's degree in accounts or commerce with three years of experience in audit, finance or accounts; the Registrar and Court Officer posts need a Bachelor's degree with two to six years of experience in administration, establishment or court matters; the stenographer posts need stenographer-cadre service and a Bachelor's degree. Departmental officers in the direct line of promotion are not eligible for deputation. The deputation period is ordinarily three years for most posts, four years for Deputy Registrar and Principal Private Secretary, and five years for Financial Advisor and Upper Division Clerk.

Age limit

The maximum age as on the closing date is 56 years for posts 1 to 12 and 58 years for Upper Division Clerk. No minimum age is stated in the circular.

Fee

No application fee is stated anywhere in the circular. This is a deputation vacancy circular and no fee is charged.

How to apply

Apply online at the GSTAT application portal, which is active from 15 November 2026, and submit the Annexure 2 and 3 proformas with attachments. A copy of the application must also go to the candidate's Cadre Controlling Authority, which forwards it with the last five years' APARs or ACRs, attested by an officer not below the rank of Under Secretary, to the Under Secretary, Ad.1C Branch, Department of Revenue, Kartavya Bhawan-1, New Delhi-110001, within 15 days. The last date for submission is 15 December 2026 — the circular says applications must be made within 30 days from 15 November 2026, that is, before 15 December 2026. Posts are filled on a merit-cum-first-cum-first-receipt basis, selected candidates cannot withdraw, and the Department of Revenue may post a selected applicant to any bench out of the three preferences given.