Gujarat Talati cum Mantri (Village Panchayat Secretary)

Talati cum Mantri (Gram Panchayat Secretary, Class 3) is a Panchayat Service cadre. GPSSB, Gandhinagar recruits it district by district, with the vacancies of each District Panchayat listed separately in the advertisement. Applications are only online, on ojas.gujarat.gov.in. [1]

Advertisement 14/2025-26 (15 April – 15 May 2025) was a special recruitment drive only for candidates with a disability: 238 posts across 33 District Panchayats. The last regular (open) cycle was Advertisement 10/2021-22. [1]

The qualification changed after the 2021-22 cycle: Advertisement 10/2021-22 asked for Class 12, while the 2023 notification now in force asks for a bachelor's degree. Rely on the current notification, not on older guides. [2]

• Qualification: a bachelor's degree from a recognised university or institution, or an equivalent qualification recognised by the government.
• Computer knowledge: basic knowledge of computer application as prescribed in the Gujarat Civil Services Classification and Recruitment (General) Rules, 1967.
• Language: adequate knowledge of Gujarati or Hindi or both.
• Age: not less than 18 and not more than 35 years, counted on the last date of application (Panchayat Department notification KP/66 of 2023, dated 11 December 2023). [1]

Upper age relaxation printed in Advertisement 14/2025-26 (disability drive) [1]

The breakdown shows the building blocks used across Gujarat Class 3 recruitment: 5 years for women, 5 years for SC/ST/SEBC/EWS of Gujarat, 10 years for disability, with a 45-year ceiling. Check the regular-cycle advertisement for the exact table when it is published. [1]

Written test under the Gujarat Panchayat Service (Class 3) Recruitment (Exam) Rules, 2021 [1]

• General Awareness covers mental ability, history and culture of India and Gujarat, geography, sports, polity and the Constitution, Panchayati Raj, state and central welfare schemes, economy, general science and IT, and current affairs.
• Each correct answer gets 1 mark. A wrong answer, a blank answer or more than one option marked each costs 0.25 mark.
• Every question has an option E, “Not attempted”; choosing it carries no negative mark.
• Equal marks are broken by age (older first), then by the merit of the qualifying degree.
• After the result, candidates on the provisional merit list are called for certificate verification; selected candidates then choose a district on screen, in merit order, from the vacancies left. [1]

Fee in the last regular cycle (Advertisement 10/2021-22) [2]

Candidates with a disability paid no fee in the 2025 special drive either. The fee for the next regular cycle will be in its own advertisement. [1]

• Only SC, ST, SEBC and EWS candidates of Gujarat origin get reserved-category benefits.
• A candidate who cannot produce the category certificate when asked is treated as unreserved, with no relaxation.
• SEBC candidates need the “not in creamy layer” certificate whose validity is three financial years from the year of issue, and it must be issued by the last date of application.
• EWS candidates need the state eligibility certificate (Annexure-KH / Parishisht-G); it is valid for three years from issue.
• A widow, and a candidate with a recognised sports certificate, each get 5% of total marks added. [1]

GPSSB publishes a provisional merit list and final selection list for each cycle on its website; there is no fixed cut-off in the rules. [1]

• Degree certificate and mark sheets of every year or semester.
• School leaving certificate (for date of birth).
• Caste certificate, and the SEBC non-creamy-layer or EWS certificate in the Gujarat format.
• Disability certificate (if applicable), ex-serviceman papers, sports certificate, widow certificate and affidavit.
• Proof of basic computer knowledge — a course certificate, a degree or diploma with computers as a subject, or a Class 10 / 12 pass with computers as a subject (GAD resolution of 18 March 2016).
• No-objection certificate from the employer for serving government staff.
• No documents are uploaded with the online form, but every detail you type must match the original certificates. [1]

Source [1]

The fixed-pay system is subject to the final decision of the Supreme Court in SLP 14124/2012 and 14125/2012, as the advertisement notes. [1]

Talatis are recruited for a District Panchayat and posted to village panchayats in that district. In the 2025 drive the vacancies ran district by district — for example Ahmedabad 9, Surat 11, Vadodara 12, Rajkot 10 and Banaskantha 21 posts. [1]

• The district is allotted on screen in merit order; the allotted district cannot be changed later and mutual transfer requests are not considered.
• As secretary of the gram panchayat, the Talati works under the Panchayat, Rural Housing and Rural Development Department. [1]

1. GPSSB — Advertisement 14/2025-26, Talati cum Mantri (Gujarati) (opens in a new tab) qualification, age, exam pattern, negative marking, pay, district vacancies, certificates · Last checked 14 Oct 2026
2. GPSSB — Advertisement 10/2021-22, Talati cum Mantri (Gujarati) (opens in a new tab) fee and exemptions in the last regular cycle; old Class 12 qualification · Last checked 14 Oct 2026

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