MPESB Group-3 Sub Engineer, Draftsman & Lab Technician Recruitment 2026
Post Date : 16 October 2026
Madhya Pradesh Karmachari Chayan Mandal (MPESB), Bhopal, has announced 1,715 vacancies for Sub Engineer, Draftsman (Manchitrakar), Laboratory Technician and other posts. Candidates with a Diploma in the relevant Engineering branch (post-code-wise) are eligible. The age limit is 18 to 40 years as on 01 January 2026 (up to 45 years with category-wise relaxation). Applications are open online from 13 October 2026 to 27 October 2026. Selection will be through a Combined Recruitment Test (CBT). All dates, fees, vacancy details and links for the MPESB Group-3 Sub Engineer, Draftsman & Lab Technician Recruitment 2026 are given below.
| Post Code | Post | UR | EWS | SC | ST | OBC | Total |
| 001 | Mineral Surveyor | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 002 | Surveyor | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| 003 | Laboratory Technician (Electrical) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 004 | Laboratory Technician (Mechanical) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 005 | Laboratory Technician (Civil) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
This recruitment has 2 selection stages, in the order shown below.
| Section | Subjects | Marks |
| Section A (common) | General Knowledge, General Hindi, General English, General Maths, General Reasoning, General Science, General Computer | 100 |
| Section B | Technical subject of the post | 100 |
| Total | 200 |
- Photograph and signature
- Handwriting declaration
- 8th / 10th / 12th marksheet for date of birth
- Caste or EWS certificate
- PwD certificate
- Contractual-employee certificate
- Bonus-mark certificates, such as NCC
- Live MP Employment Exchange registration
- 1Go to www.mponline.gov.in (Citizen Services > Application > ESB) or visit an authorised MP Online kiosk.
- 2Fill in the application form, choose your post codes and exam city preferences (four preferences; the board may allot another city), and upload the required documents.
- 3Pay the fee by debit card, credit card, net banking or cash at a kiosk, and keep your application number.
- 4Correct mistakes during the correction window, till 28 October 2026. Candidates who already applied earlier can correct their forms too.
- 5Submit the application by 27 October 2026, till 12:00 midnight.
- 6Download the admit card from esb.mp.gov.in when it is released. Help: ESB toll-free 1800-233-7899; MP Online helpdesk 0755-6720200; email complaint.esb@mp.gov.in.
Q. What is the last date to apply for MPESB Group-3 Recruitment 2026?
A. The last date to apply online is 27 October 2026 (till 12:00 midnight). The correction window closes on 28 October 2026.
Q. How many vacancies are there?
A. There are 1715 vacancies in total for this recruitment, as per the category-wise breakup given on this page.
Q. What is the application fee?
A. The fee is ₹500 per paper for unreserved candidates and ₹250 per paper for MP-resident SC/ST/OBC/EWS/PwD candidates. Direct-recruitment backlog posts have no fee. An MP Online portal fee of ₹60 (kiosk) or ₹20 (Citizen login) is extra.
Q. What is the age limit?
A. The age limit is 18 to 40 years, and up to 45 years for eligible MP-resident SC/ST/OBC, women, PwD and government employees. Age is counted as on 01 January 2026.
Q. What is the educational qualification?
A. It varies by post code. Most posts need an engineering diploma in the relevant branch. Minimum marks are 50% for unreserved and 40% for reserved candidates.
Q. What is the selection process?
A. Selection is through a single online CBT of 200 marks with 0.25 negative marking for each wrong answer. There is no interview or skill test.
Q. When is the exam?
A. The CBT is probably held from 20 January 2027, in two shifts a day.
Q. What is the official website?
A. Visit https://esb.mp.gov.in for the notification. Apply at www.mponline.gov.in.
- In 23 post codes (002, 018, 020, 021, 037, 046, 047, 082, 083, 084, 085, 088, 089, 091, 105, 120, 121, 123, 124, 128, 130, 131, 132), a court-pending 13% share is held as OBC (provisional) or Unreserved (conditional). It is already included in the totals and is never added twice. The final category-wise counts may change.
- Applications were first open from 29 August to 12 September 2026. They were reopened after the Tribal Affairs Department letter of 17 September 2026 raised posts, and a 28 September 2026 letter added 50% reservation for contractual employees. The 13 October 2026 revision gives the new dates and the CBT schedule.
- Post codes 037 and 083 (58 seats) are contract posts with a fixed pay of ₹43,000 and ₹29,520.
- Reservation for women (35%), ex-servicemen, contractual employees and PwD candidates is horizontal. It is applied inside each category and is not added to the 1715 posts.
- CBT cities: Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur, Khandwa, Neemuch, Ratlam, Rewa, Sagar, Satna, Sidhi and Ujjain.
- Baiga, Saharia and Bharia tribal candidates applying for non-executive posts use a separate hard-copy route (Form-2).
- The age cut-off is 01 January 2026 even after the October reopening.
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