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At a glance
The facts most likely to change your decision.
- Vacancies
- 200 Patwari posts plus 2,106 posts in 61 other departments All 200 Patwari posts in chapter 1 are reserved for Divyangjan candidates (94 EH, 45 LD and 61 MD) and are advertised in the unreserved/nil/open column, so applicants of every category may apply against them. Chapter 2(ब) separately totals 2,106 posts across 61 departments and undertakings; the rulebook does not print a single combined figure.
- Education
- Graduate For Patwari: a bachelor's degree from a recognised university, Madhya Pradesh local-resident status, a CPCT score card covering Hindi typing and computer proficiency (or clearing CPCT within the three-year probation) and a disability certificate from the competent authority for the Divyangjan-reserved posts — rulebook chapter 1, clause 4. Qualifications for the other departments' posts are listed post by post in chapter 2(ब).
- Age
- 18 to 45 years for Madhya Pradesh permanent residents, computed as on 1 January 2026 under the General Administration Department orders cited in rulebook chapter 1, clause 5. Relaxations and cut-off dates are category-specific.
- Application fee
- ₹500 for unreserved candidates and ₹250 for Madhya Pradesh-domicile SC/ST/OBC/EWS/PwD candidates; no fee for direct-recruitment backlog posts; plus an MP Online portal fee of ₹60 through a kiosk or ₹20 through a registered citizen login (rulebook page 1). Use the official payment instructions only.
- Pay
- Patwari pay scale ₹5,200–20,200 with ₹2,100 grade pay; pay during the first three years follows General Administration Department circular C.3-13/2019/3/एक dated 12 December 2019 (rulebook chapter 1, clause 3). Gross and in-hand pay vary by posting and allowance.
- Recruitment cycle
- 2026 State · Madhya Pradesh
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Vacancies & reservation
What is known, what overlaps and what remains unreported.
Current published count200 Patwari posts plus 2,106 posts in 61 other departments
Check source ↗| Scope | UR | EWS | OBC | SC | ST | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patwari — special recruitment for Divyangjan (chapter 1) | — | — | — | — | — | 200 |
| Posts in 61 other departments and undertakings (chapter 2-B) | 608 | 207 | 613 | 274 | 404 | 2,106 |
How to read reservation: UR, EWS, OBC, SC and ST are vertical categories. PwBD, women, ex-servicemen and similar horizontal reservations can overlap them and must not be added again to the total.
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Complete timeline
One record from notification to final outcome.
- completed
Rulebook published and applications opened
4 Aug 2026
- current
Application deadline
18 Aug 2026
- scheduled
Correction window closes
23 Aug 2026
- scheduled
Recruitment test
From 22 Sep 2026
Two shifts a day of three hours each
04
Who can apply?
A readable first check—not a legal eligibility decision.
Basic eligibility paths
- Patwari is a district-level cadre post: reservation and the roster are applied at district level and a Madhya Pradesh local-resident certificate is compulsory (rulebook chapter 1, clauses 4.1 and 6).
- For the Divyangjan Patwari posts the horizontal reservation is 6 per cent, split 2-2-2 per cent across the three disability groups; the Revenue Department's letter 648/2009/सात/5-बी dated 11 May 2009 makes visually impaired candidates ineligible for the Patwari post (rulebook clause 6.1).
- A candidate who married before the prescribed minimum age (21 years for men and 18 for women), or who has more than two living children born after 26 January 2001, is ineligible (rulebook clause 7.5).
- Live registration with a Madhya Pradesh employment exchange is compulsory for every post in this test (rulebook page 1, note 11).
- Baiga, Sahariya/Saharia and Bhariya applicants for non-executive posts must send a separate hard-copy application in Format-2 directly to the recruiting department, not to ESB (rulebook page 1, note 12).
Relaxations & certificates
- SC/ST, OBC-NCL, PwBD and ex-servicemen relaxations follow the applicable notification.
- Always check the certificate format and cut-off date in the official notice.
If your degree title, age, domicile or category certificate is unusual, mark yourself “check required” and read the official wording.
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Selection process & syllabus
Stage by stage, without mixing recruitment years.
Selection stages
- 1Computer-based objective test of 200 marks in a single paper, three hours per shift
- 2Minimum qualifying marks of 50 per cent for unreserved candidates and 40 per cent for SC, ST, OBC, EWS and Divyangjan candidates under the MP Junior Service (Combined Eligibility) Examination Rules 2013, rule 5
- 3Document verification by the district committee constituted by the recruiting department
- 4Appointment on the department's requisition from the board's merit list
Syllabus snapshot
- Part A — General Science, General Hindi, General English and General Mathematics (100 marks)
- Part B — General Knowledge and Aptitude, General Computer Knowledge, General Reasoning Ability and General Management (100 marks)
- Rulebook chapter 4 (page 142) prints this scheme for the whole Group-2 Sub Group-4 test
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Application document checklist
Prepare before the portal gets busy.
Recent passport-size photograph and scanned signature
Government photo ID with the same name used in the application
Education certificates and marksheets
Category, EWS, PwBD or ex-serviceman certificate, if claimed
Domicile or language proof where the notification requires it
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Official links & source record
Go straight to the recruiting body.
- Primary source
- MP ESB Group-2 Sub Group-4 Combined Recruitment Test 2026 rulebook
- Published / changed
- Rulebook published 4 Aug 2026
- Last checked
- 4 Aug 2026, 19:20 IST
Official notices, corrigenda and recruiting-body pages have final authority. This page is a reading aid.