Madhya Pradesh High Court Questions Data Basis for 2025 Promotion Quotas

Overview

• Petitioners from SAPAKS told the court the state set reservation representation without category-wise data, citing M. Nagaraj and Jarnail Singh.
• The dispute covers promotions affecting roughly 90,000 posts across government departments.
• The division bench of Chief Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and Justice Vinay Saraf questioned whether removing the creamy layer alone can establish backwardness and warned that data-free determinations could be arbitrary.
• The government said it acted under Rule 5 of the Madhya Pradesh Public Service Promotion Rules, 2025, which are challenged by petitions including those filed by Dr. Swati Tiwari, with interventions by reserved-category employees and Ajjaks Sangh.
• The court fixed the next hearing for November 20, with arguments to continue on November 21.