The reorganisation of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) into three separate municipal corporations has come to run into a legal tangle after a petition was filed in the Telangana High Court seeking an interim stay on it. The three distinct municipal corporations formed after GHMC’s restructuring are Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC-restructured), Cyberabad Municipal Corporation (CMC), and Malkajgiri Municipal Corporation (MMC).
While hearing the petition filed by one Daram Guruva Reddy, a resident of Uppal in Hyderabad, the High Court on Thursday directed the state government and Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to file counter-affidavits by March 25. The direction was issued by a division bench comprising Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh and Justice Ghouse Meera Mohiuddin.
The petitioner wants an interim stay on the operation of G.O.Ms. No. 55, dated 11 February 2026, issued by the Telangana government, through which the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation was trifurcated into three different municipal corporations.
The petition also seeks restoration of the GHMC’s jurisdictional boundaries as they existed on 31 December 2025.
The bench directed Advocate General A. Sudershan Reddy, on behalf of the Telangana Government, and the Additional Solicitor General of India, representing the Union Home Ministry, to obtain instructions in the matter.
The court adjourned the matter for further hearing to 25 March 2026.
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