CBFC Regional Officer and Additional Regional Officer Recruitment 2026 — 7 Deputation Posts

Job overview

Category

Administration

Location

All India

Employment type

Government

Qualification

Recognised university degree. Eligible IAS/Central Service Group A officers must meet cadre/pay conditions, required regional-language knowledge, Indian history/culture knowledge, and 10 years' experience for RO or 7 years for ARO.

Vacancies

7

Recruitment details

POST-WISE VACANCIES The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting invites eligible serving officers for seven deputation posts in the Central Board of Film Certification. Regional Officer vacancies are one each at Chennai, Cuttack, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Mumbai: six posts in total. One Additional Regional Officer vacancy is at Mumbai. Regional Officer pay is Level 12, ₹78,800–₹2,09,200; Additional Regional Officer pay is Level 11, ₹67,700–₹2,08,700. WHO CAN APPLY The recruitment is for eligible Indian Administrative Service or Central Service Group A officers. A recognised university degree or equivalent is required. Regional Officer candidates need sound knowledge of Hindi and at least one notified Indian language appropriate to the regional office: Tamil for Chennai, Odia for Cuttack, Hindi for Delhi, Telugu for Hyderabad, Bengali for Kolkata and Marathi for Mumbai. Knowledge of Indian history and culture and ten years of responsible administrative or managerial work are also required. Additional Regional Officer applicants require the stated Hindi/regional-language knowledge, history and culture knowledge, and seven years of such experience. Serving-officer eligibility and pay conditions must be checked in the full notification; a degree alone does not establish eligibility. TENURE AND DEADLINE The usual deputation tenure is up to four years for Regional Officer and five years for Additional Regional Officer. Applications are due within 60 days of publication in Employment News. The supplied scan is part of the 3–9 October 2026 issue, but it does not establish the original publication date if this is a repeated notice. No calendar deadline has therefore been calculated or placed in the date field. APPLICATION THROUGH THE EMPLOYER Forward the prescribed application through the proper channel to Under Secretary (Films), Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Room 2248, 2nd Floor, Kartavya Bhawan-2, New Delhi 110001, subject to confirmation in the original notice. The employer must provide the last five years' APARs, vigilance clearance, integrity certificate, major/minor penalty statement for the last ten years and cadre clearance. The form continued on page 6 belongs to this same notice and is not a separate recruitment. No fee or examination schedule is stated. Use the Ministry's official website to locate the exact advertisement and annexures.

Age information

Maximum 56 years on the closing date for receipt of applications.

Selection process

Deputation appointment after consideration of eligible serving officers; the supplied notice does not prescribe a written examination.

Record information

Added

10 October 2026

Last updated

3 October 2026