Govt files caveat on MP civil service promotion rules 2025
Bhopal: The General Administration Department, Bhopal, notified the Madhya Pradesh Civil Service Promotion Rules, 2025, in the MP Gazette on Thursday.
In view of the possibility that any employee union or govt servant of the state may file a writ petition in high court, principal bench (Jabalpur, Indore or Gwalior) for a stay on the MP Civil Service Promotion Rules, 2025, or any provision of the rules, the General Administration Department has stated that if the Madhya Pradesh Civil Service Promotion Rules, 2025, or any of its provisions are challenged, a copy thereof should be made available to the advocate general's office at Jabalpur, Indore and Gwalior.
Giving information to this effect, deputy secretary Ajay Katesaria said that a caveat is being filed by the govt of Madhya Pradesh, General Administration Department, Bhopal, in the high court principal bench (Jabalpur, Indore and Gwalior).
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