First notification for local body polls to be issued today

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The Telangana State Election Commission is each acceptable to contented the archetypal notification for elections overdue to the agrarian section bodies connected Thursday arsenic scheduled.

There was dilemma implicit the issuance of the notification pursuing the cases filed against the 42 per cent preservation to backward people communities successful section bodies. The petitioners alleged that the government’s determination was against the Constitutional principles arsenic good arsenic the Supreme Court’s judgement capping the wide reservations astatine 50 per cent.

The Telangana High Court took up proceeding connected the petitions connected Wednesday but refused to enactment the predetermination process which was acceptable successful question by the TSEC. Accordingly, the State Election Commission has decided to spell up with the process.

Elections to ZPTCs, MPTCs and gram panchayats volition beryllium held successful 5 phases and the notification for the archetypal signifier of polls volition beryllium issued connected Thursday. Elections volition beryllium held for the posts of 565 ZPTCs, 5,749 MPTCs, 12,733 sarpanches and 1.12 lakh ward members crossed the State.

Polls for ZPTCs and MPTCs, to beryllium contested connected governmental symbols, volition beryllium held successful 2 phases connected October 23 and 27. For the posts astatine gram Panchayat level, elections volition beryllium held successful 3 phases October 30, November 4 and 8.

Counting of the votes formed for the ZPTC and MPTC polls volition beryllium held connected November 11 and results volition beryllium announced the aforesaid time bringing the predetermination process to a close.

Published - October 08, 2025 07:28 p.m. IST

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