diff --git a/controllers/discordactions.js b/controllers/discordactions.js
index 7c71c885e..ed8b4604d 100644
--- a/controllers/discordactions.js
+++ b/controllers/discordactions.js
@@ -124,8 +124,20 @@ const deleteGroupRole = async (req, res) => {
  * @param res {Object} - Express response object
  */
 
-const getAllGroupRoles = async (req, res) => {
+const getPaginatedGroupRoles = async (req, res) => {
   try {
+    const isDevMode = req.query?.dev === "true";
+    if (isDevMode) {
+      const latestDoc = req.query?.latestDoc;
+      const { groups, newLatestDoc } = await discordRolesModel.getPaginatedGroupRoles(latestDoc);
+      const discordId = req.userData?.discordId;
+      const groupsWithMembershipInfo = await discordRolesModel.enrichGroupDataWithMembershipInfo(discordId, groups);
+      return res.json({
+        message: "Roles fetched successfully!",
+        newLatestDoc: newLatestDoc,
+        groups: groupsWithMembershipInfo,
+      });
+    }
     const { groups } = await discordRolesModel.getAllGroupRoles();
     const discordId = req.userData?.discordId;
     const groupsWithMembershipInfo = await discordRolesModel.enrichGroupDataWithMembershipInfo(discordId, groups);
@@ -431,7 +443,7 @@ const syncDiscordGroupRolesInFirestore = async (req, res) => {
     });
     await Promise.all(batch);
 
-    const allRolesInFirestore = await discordRolesModel.getAllGroupRoles();
+    const allRolesInFirestore = await discordRolesModel.getPaginatedGroupRoles();
 
     return res.json({
       response: allRolesInFirestore.groups,
@@ -534,7 +546,7 @@ const getUserDiscordInvite = async (req, res) => {
 module.exports = {
   getGroupsRoleId,
   createGroupRole,
-  getAllGroupRoles,
+  getPaginatedGroupRoles,
   addGroupRoleToMember,
   deleteRole,
   updateDiscordImageForVerification,
diff --git a/models/discordactions.js b/models/discordactions.js
index bfe728cb8..2a2b27f75 100644
--- a/models/discordactions.js
+++ b/models/discordactions.js
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ const deleteRoleFromDatabase = async (roleId, discordId) => {
  * @param roleData { Object }: Data of the new role
  * @returns {Promise<discordRoleModel|Object>}
  */
+
 const getAllGroupRoles = async () => {
   try {
     const data = await discordRoleModel.get();
@@ -125,6 +126,28 @@ const getAllGroupRoles = async () => {
   }
 };
 
+const getPaginatedGroupRoles = async (latestDoc) => {
+  try {
+    const data = await discordRoleModel
+      .orderBy("roleid")
+      .startAfter(latestDoc || 0)
+      .limit(18)
+      .get();
+    const groups = [];
+    data.forEach((doc) => {
+      const group = {
+        id: doc.id,
+        ...doc.data(),
+      };
+      groups.push(group);
+    });
+    return { groups, newLatestDoc: data.docs[data.docs.length - 1]?.data().roleid };
+  } catch (err) {
+    logger.error("Error in getting all group-roles", err);
+    throw err;
+  }
+};
+
 /**
  *
  * @param groupRoleName String : name of the role
@@ -1086,6 +1109,7 @@ module.exports = {
   removeMemberGroup,
   getGroupRolesForUser,
   getAllGroupRoles,
+  getPaginatedGroupRoles,
   getGroupRoleByName,
   updateGroupRole,
   addGroupRoleToMember,
diff --git a/routes/discordactions.js b/routes/discordactions.js
index 3869eca58..9f8eb7d6a 100644
--- a/routes/discordactions.js
+++ b/routes/discordactions.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ const authenticate = require("../middlewares/authenticate");
 const {
   createGroupRole,
   getGroupsRoleId,
-  getAllGroupRoles,
+  getPaginatedGroupRoles,
   addGroupRoleToMember,
   deleteRole,
   updateDiscordImageForVerification,
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ const { authorizeAndAuthenticate } = require("../middlewares/authorizeUsersAndSe
 const router = express.Router();
 
 router.post("/groups", authenticate, checkIsVerifiedDiscord, validateGroupRoleBody, createGroupRole);
-router.get("/groups", authenticate, checkIsVerifiedDiscord, getAllGroupRoles);
+router.get("/groups", authenticate, checkIsVerifiedDiscord, getPaginatedGroupRoles);
 router.delete("/groups/:groupId", authenticate, checkIsVerifiedDiscord, authorizeRoles([SUPERUSER]), deleteGroupRole);
 router.post("/roles", authenticate, checkIsVerifiedDiscord, validateMemberRoleBody, addGroupRoleToMember);
 router.get("/invite", authenticate, getUserDiscordInvite);
diff --git a/test/unit/models/discordactions.test.js b/test/unit/models/discordactions.test.js
index 249e70601..73e04bb2f 100644
--- a/test/unit/models/discordactions.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/models/discordactions.test.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ const tasksModel = firestore.collection("tasks");
 
 const {
   createNewRole,
-  getAllGroupRoles,
+  getPaginatedGroupRoles,
   isGroupRoleExists,
   addGroupRoleToMember,
   deleteRoleFromDatabase,
@@ -93,27 +93,42 @@ describe("discordactions", function () {
     });
   });
 
-  describe("getAllGroupRoles", function () {
-    let getStub;
+  describe("getPaginatedGroupRoles", function () {
+    let orderByStub, startAfterStub, limitStub, getStub;
 
     beforeEach(function () {
-      getStub = sinon.stub(discordRoleModel, "get").resolves({
-        forEach: (callback) => groupData.forEach(callback),
+      orderByStub = sinon.stub();
+      startAfterStub = sinon.stub();
+      limitStub = sinon.stub();
+      getStub = sinon.stub();
+
+      orderByStub.returns({ startAfter: startAfterStub });
+      startAfterStub.returns({ limit: limitStub });
+      limitStub.returns({ get: getStub });
+      getStub.resolves({
+        docs: groupData.map((group) => ({
+          id: group.id,
+          data: () => group,
+        })),
       });
+
+      sinon.stub(discordRoleModel, "orderBy").returns(orderByStub);
     });
 
     afterEach(function () {
-      getStub.restore();
+      sinon.restore();
     });
 
-    it("should return all group-roles from the database", async function () {
-      const result = await getAllGroupRoles();
-      expect(result.groups).to.be.an("array");
+    it("should return paginated group-roles from the database", async function () {
+      const result = await getPaginatedGroupRoles();
+      expect(result).to.have.property("groups").that.is.an("array");
+      expect(result).to.have.property("newLatestDoc");
+      expect(result.groups.length).to.be.at.most(18); // Assuming the limit is 18 as per the function
     });
 
     it("should throw an error if getting group-roles fails", async function () {
       getStub.rejects(new Error("Database error"));
-      return getAllGroupRoles().catch((err) => {
+      return getPaginatedGroupRoles().catch((err) => {
         expect(err).to.be.an.instanceOf(Error);
         expect(err.message).to.equal("Database error");
       });