diff --git a/src/components/member-profile/index.js b/src/components/member-profile/index.js
index 6048d9ce..1dd99ccc 100644
--- a/src/components/member-profile/index.js
+++ b/src/components/member-profile/index.js
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ const Profile = (props) => {
         </Modal>
       )}
       {isSuperUser && (
-        <div id="memberRoleUpdateModal">
+        <div id="memberRoleUpdateModal" data-testid="memberRoleUpdateModal">
           {showMemberRoleUpdateModal && <MemberRoleUpdate />}
         </div>
       )}
diff --git a/src/components/member-role-update/index.js b/src/components/member-role-update/index.js
index 1b9ae427..00c33a98 100644
--- a/src/components/member-role-update/index.js
+++ b/src/components/member-role-update/index.js
@@ -6,10 +6,14 @@ import Spinner from '@components/UI/spinner';
 import MemberTagAssign from '@components/member-tag-assign';
 import { BASE_API_URL } from '@constants/AppConstants';
 import useFetch from '@custom-hooks/useFetch';
+import { useRouter } from 'next/router';
 import classNames from './member-role-update.module.scss';
 import { memberRoleUpdate } from '../../helper-functions/action-handlers';
 
 const MemberRoleUpdate = () => {
+  const { query } = useRouter() || { query: { dev: false } };
+  const { dev } = query;
+  const isDev = Boolean(dev); // convert string to boolean
   const {
     showMemberRoleUpdateModal,
     setShowMemberRoleUpdateModal,
@@ -18,7 +22,8 @@ const MemberRoleUpdate = () => {
 
   const [isUpdating, setIsUpdating] = useState(false);
   const [updateStatus, setUpdateStatus] = useState('');
-
+  const [validateError, setvalidateError] = useState('');
+  const [reasonText, setReasonText] = useState('');
   const { data: userData } = useFetch(
     `${BASE_API_URL}/users/${selectedMember}`
   );
@@ -51,22 +56,28 @@ const MemberRoleUpdate = () => {
     }
   };
 
-  const archiveUnArchiveTheMember = async (id) => {
-    let archiveRole = null;
+  const archiveUnArchiveTheMember = async (id, reason) => {
     setIsUpdating(true);
+    let body = {};
     if (archived) {
-      archiveRole = false;
+      body = {
+        archived: false,
+      };
+    } else if (!reason && !archived) {
+      body = {
+        archived: true,
+      };
     } else {
-      archiveRole = true;
+      body = {
+        archived: true,
+        reason,
+      };
     }
-    const role = {
-      archived: archiveRole,
-    };
     try {
-      const { status } = await memberRoleUpdate(id, role);
+      const { status } = await memberRoleUpdate(id, body);
       setIsUpdating(false);
       if (status === 200) {
-        setUpdateStatus('user archived!');
+        setUpdateStatus(archived ? 'User unarchived!' : 'User archived!');
       }
     } catch (error) {
       setUpdateStatus('Some error occured, please contact admin');
@@ -75,6 +86,7 @@ const MemberRoleUpdate = () => {
 
   const memberRoleUpdateButton = (
     <button
+      data-testid="promoteDemoteButton"
       className={classNames.moveToMember}
       type="button"
       onClick={() => promoteDemoteAMember(userId)}
@@ -82,23 +94,78 @@ const MemberRoleUpdate = () => {
       {member ? 'Demote Member' : 'Promote to Member'}
     </button>
   );
-
+  const handleValidReason = (id, reason) => {
+    const isEmptyReason = !reason.length;
+    const isReasonEmptyOrWhitespace = /^\s*$/.test(reason); // check for empty or multiple whitespaces
+    const isMoreThan99Words = reason.split(' ').length > 99;
+    const isMoreThan50Characters = reason.length <= 25;
+    switch (!archived) {
+      case isEmptyReason:
+        setvalidateError('Reason cannot be empty!');
+        break;
+      case isReasonEmptyOrWhitespace:
+        setvalidateError('Reason cannot be empty or multiple whitespaces!');
+        break;
+      case isMoreThan99Words:
+        setvalidateError('Reason cannot be more than 99 words!');
+        break;
+      case isMoreThan50Characters:
+        setvalidateError('Reason should have more than 25 characters!');
+        break;
+      default:
+        setvalidateError('');
+    }
+    const isValid =
+      !isEmptyReason &&
+      !isReasonEmptyOrWhitespace &&
+      !isMoreThan99Words &&
+      !isMoreThan50Characters;
+    if (isValid || archived) {
+      archiveUnArchiveTheMember(id, reason);
+    }
+  };
   const memeberArchiveUnArchiveButton = (
     <button
       className={classNames.moveToMember}
       type="button"
-      onClick={() => archiveUnArchiveTheMember(userId)}
+      data-testid="archiveUnArchiveButton"
+      onClick={() =>
+        !isDev
+          ? archiveUnArchiveTheMember(userId)
+          : handleValidReason(userId, reasonText)
+      }
     >
       {archived ? 'Unarchive Member' : 'Archive Member'}
     </button>
   );
 
+  const archiveReasonTextBox = (
+    <div className={classNames.archiveUser}>
+      <p className={classNames.archiveUser__error}>{validateError}</p>
+      <label htmlFor="archiveReason" data-testid="reasonInputLabel">
+        Reason:
+        <textarea
+          className={classNames.archiveUser__textArea}
+          id="archiveReason"
+          name="archiveReason"
+          data-testid="reasonTextBox"
+          rows="10"
+          cols="20"
+          onChange={(e) => setReasonText(e.target.value)}
+          placeholder="Enter the reason for archiving the user"
+          required
+        />
+      </label>
+    </div>
+  );
   const renderPromoteButton = () => {
     return (
       <>
+        {isDev && !archived ? archiveReasonTextBox : null}
+
         {memberRoleUpdateButton}
-        {memeberArchiveUnArchiveButton}
 
+        {memeberArchiveUnArchiveButton}
         <br />
 
         {userData && tagData && levelData && (
@@ -109,7 +176,7 @@ const MemberRoleUpdate = () => {
           />
         )}
 
-        <p>{updateStatus}</p>
+        <p className={classNames.archiveUser__success}>{updateStatus}</p>
       </>
     );
   };
@@ -117,6 +184,7 @@ const MemberRoleUpdate = () => {
   return ReactDOM.createPortal(
     <>
       <Modal
+        data-testid="modalUpdateRoles"
         show={showMemberRoleUpdateModal}
         closeModal={(e) => {
           e.preventDefault();
diff --git a/src/components/member-role-update/member-role-update.module.scss b/src/components/member-role-update/member-role-update.module.scss
index 14890d46..e8add4ad 100644
--- a/src/components/member-role-update/member-role-update.module.scss
+++ b/src/components/member-role-update/member-role-update.module.scss
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+@import '../../styles/constants/colors';
+
 .moveToMember {
   margin: 10px;
   padding: 10px;
@@ -9,3 +11,24 @@
   font-size: inherit;
   margin: 10px;
 }
+.archiveUser {
+  text-align: left;
+  &__textArea {
+    width: 100%;
+    height: 7rem;
+    padding: 0.4rem;
+    text-align: justify;
+    font-family: inherit;
+    font-size: inherit;
+  }
+  &__error {
+    color: $color-red;
+    text-align: center;
+    font-size: inherit;
+  }
+  &__success {
+    color: $color-green;
+    text-align: center;
+    font-size: inherit;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/helper-functions/action-handlers.js b/src/helper-functions/action-handlers.js
index a8363afc..11ce3f22 100644
--- a/src/helper-functions/action-handlers.js
+++ b/src/helper-functions/action-handlers.js
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ import {
   updateMemberRole,
 } from './urls';
 
-const memberRoleUpdate = (user, role) =>
-  fetch(updateMemberRole(user), 'patch', null, role, null, {
+const memberRoleUpdate = (user, body) =>
+  fetch(updateMemberRole(user), 'patch', null, body, null, {
     withCredentials: true,
   });
 
diff --git a/src/styles/constants/_colors.scss b/src/styles/constants/_colors.scss
index f0568c7a..c57b2145 100644
--- a/src/styles/constants/_colors.scss
+++ b/src/styles/constants/_colors.scss
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 $color-light-grey: #90a4ae;
 $color-dark-grey: #455a64;
+$color-red: #e13110;
+$color-green: #1e7e34;
diff --git a/src/test/unit/components/member-profile/index.test.js b/src/test/unit/components/member-profile/index.test.js
index d3244232..d9537dc2 100644
--- a/src/test/unit/components/member-profile/index.test.js
+++ b/src/test/unit/components/member-profile/index.test.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import Profile from '@components/member-profile';
 import { TaskContextProvider } from '@store/tasks/tasks-context';
 import { UserContextProvider } from '@store/user/user-context';
 import { KeyboardProvider } from '@store/keyboard/context';
+import MemberRoleUpdate from '@components/member-role-update';
 
 const notaMember = {
   roles: {
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ const isaMember = {
 
 const initialUserContext = {
   isSuperUser: true,
+  showMemberRoleUpdateModal: true,
 };
 
 jest.mock('next/router', () => {
@@ -32,6 +34,18 @@ jest.mock('next/router', () => {
 });
 
 describe('Members Profile', () => {
+  let portalContainer;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    portalContainer = document.createElement('div');
+    portalContainer.id = 'memberRoleUpdateModal'; // Make sure it has the same ID as in your component
+    document.body.appendChild(portalContainer);
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    // Clean up the portal container after each test
+    document.body.removeChild(portalContainer);
+  });
   it('Should render member status properly', () => {
     render(
       <KeyboardProvider
@@ -90,4 +104,71 @@ describe('Members Profile', () => {
     expect(icon).toBeDefined();
     expect(icon).toHaveAttribute('src', 'icons/info.png');
   });
+  it('Should render memberRoleUpdateModal', () => {
+    render(
+      <KeyboardProvider
+        initialValue={{
+          isOptionKeyPressed: true,
+          setIsOptionKeyPressed: jest.fn(),
+        }}
+      >
+        <UserContextProvider value={initialUserContext}>
+          <TaskContextProvider>
+            <Profile membersData={notaMember} />
+          </TaskContextProvider>
+        </UserContextProvider>
+      </KeyboardProvider>
+    );
+
+    const memberRoleUpdateModal = screen.getByTestId('memberRoleUpdateModal');
+    expect(memberRoleUpdateModal).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+  it('renders the button in the MemberRoleUpdate', () => {
+    render(
+      <KeyboardProvider
+        initialValue={{
+          isOptionKeyPressed: true,
+          setIsOptionKeyPressed: jest.fn(),
+        }}
+      >
+        <UserContextProvider value={initialUserContext}>
+          <MemberRoleUpdate />
+        </UserContextProvider>
+      </KeyboardProvider>
+    );
+
+    const promoteButton = screen.getByTestId('promoteDemoteButton');
+    const archiveUnarchiveButton = screen.getByTestId('archiveUnArchiveButton');
+    expect(promoteButton).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(promoteButton.textContent).toEqual('Promote to Member');
+    expect(archiveUnarchiveButton).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(archiveUnarchiveButton.textContent).toEqual('Archive Member');
+  });
+  it('Should render the reason text box in the MemberRoleUpdate, when ?dev=true in the query', () => {
+    render(
+      <KeyboardProvider
+        initialValue={{
+          isOptionKeyPressed: true,
+          setIsOptionKeyPressed: jest.fn(),
+        }}
+      >
+        <UserContextProvider value={initialUserContext}>
+          <MemberRoleUpdate />
+        </UserContextProvider>
+      </KeyboardProvider>
+    );
+
+    const archiveUnarchiveButton = screen.getByTestId('archiveUnArchiveButton');
+    const reasonTextBox = screen.getByTestId('reasonTextBox');
+    const reasonInputLabel = screen.getByTestId('reasonInputLabel');
+
+    expect(archiveUnarchiveButton).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(archiveUnarchiveButton.textContent).toEqual('Archive Member');
+    expect(reasonInputLabel.textContent).toEqual('Reason:');
+    expect(reasonTextBox).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(reasonTextBox).toHaveAttribute(
+      'placeholder',
+      'Enter the reason for archiving the user'
+    );
+  });
 });