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Madhya Pradesh Notifies New Civil Service Promotion Rules, Ends Nine-Year Freeze

The government has filed caveats in all three high court benches to guard against legal disputes over the new promotion framework.

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Overview

  • Publication in the state Gazette on June 19 formally enacts the MP Civil Service Promotion Rules, 2025, three days after cabinet approval.
  • The rules reverse the 2016 High Court judgment that struck down the 2002 framework, bringing an end to a nine-year promotion impasse.
  • They allocate 20% reservations for Scheduled Tribes and 16% for Scheduled Castes and combine merit-cum-seniority with seniority-cum-suitability criteria.
  • New provisions mandate annual Departmental Promotion Committee meetings and a five-year confidential report-based point system to streamline future promotions.
  • Chief Minister Mohan Yadav projects that clearing promotions will free up more than two lakh vacancies to be filled through fresh recruitment.