M.P. Cabinet approves promotion rules for staff after 9 years

The Madhya Pradesh Cabinet approved rules for the promotion of State Government employees and officials on Tuesday (June 17, 2025)that had been pending for about nine years, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav said.
Announcing the decision on X, Mr. Yadav said that the interests of all employees, including Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, were taken into account while resolving the matter.
'After promotions are cleared, 2 lakh posts will become vacant in government services, and there is a possibility of fresh recruitment for these,' he said.
The Madhya Pradesh Public Service Promotion Rules, 2025, include 20 percent reservation for ST and 16 percent for SC communities, the government said in a statement.
Legal delays
'SC and ST public servants will also have the opportunity to access promotion based on merit,' it said.
Cabinet Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya, who briefed the media, said promotions had been pending for various reasons, including multiple cases in courts.
'The rules have been made in consultation with the Law Department on various decisions of the Supreme Court and the High Court so that the process of promotions does not face any legal hurdles,' he said.
The government statement said, 'Provisions have been made for the promotion committees to meet in the current year itself to prepare selection lists for the next year's vacancies, i.e., provisions for advance DPCs (Departmental Promotion Committees) have been included.'
It added that the seniority of officials will be given due weightage and those obtaining the minimum qualifying marks will be eligible for promotion.
No rotation system
The government said that while class 1 officials will be promoted on a merit-cum-seniority basis, there will be no marks system for class 4 employees and that they will be promoted based on suitability.
The new rules eliminate the rotation system, which the government claimed will help create more promotional posts.
'DPCs are empowered to determine the suitability of candidates,' it said, adding that provisions have also been made for conducting review meetings of the DPCs to reconsider their decisions.
'Before any DPC meeting, action will not be taken [against any official] merely on the basis of a show-cause notice in a sealed envelope, enabling more officials to receive promotions,' the statement read, adding that the move will create approximately 2 lakh new vacancies in the State.
According to reports, the move is expected to benefit about 4 lakh workers and officials in various government departments.

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