(1) On and from the commencement of this Act, the Telangana Municipalities Act, 1965 and the Telangana Municipal Corporations Act, 1994 are repealed.
(2) On such repeal, the provisions of sections 8 and 18 of the Telangana General Clauses Act, 1891, shall apply, provided that on such repeal, rules or provisions existing are not inconsistent with this Act.
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(3) Notwithstanding the repeal of the Acts referred in sub-section (1) the appointment, notification, order, scheme, form, notice, rule, or bye-law, made or issued, and license or permission granted under the Acts, shall, in so far as it is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, shall continue in force and be deemed to have been made, issued or granted under the provisions of this Act, unless it is lapsed or superseded by any appointment, notification, order, scheme, form, notice, rule or bye-law made or issued, and any license or permission granted under the said provisions.
(4) The members of any Council and Corporation holding office at the commencement of this Act shall be deemed to have been elected as members of that Council and Corporation under this Act, and subject to provisions of section 10, continue to hold office of members until the expiration of their term under the provisions which were applicable to them immediately before such commencement.
(5) Any division of the Municipality into wards, made or deemed to have been made under the Telangana Municipalities Act, 1965 or Telangana Municipal Corporations Act, 1994 and in force at the commencement of this Act, shall be deemed to be the division of the Municipality into wards made under this Act; and the members representing the wards shall, subject to the provisions under sub-section (4), be deemed to represent them on and from the commencement of this Act.
300. If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act or as to the first constitution or re-constitution of any Municipal Council or Municipal Corporation after the commencement of this Act, the Government may, as occasion may require, may by an order published in the Remove of difficulties.
200 [Act No. 11 of 2019] Telangana Gazette do anything which appears to them to be necessary for the purpose of removing the difficulty.
Repeal of Ordinance 6 of
2019.
301. The Telangana Municipalities Ordinance, 2019 is hereby repealed.
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SCHEDULE -1 (see sub-section (2) of section 3) LIST OF MUNICIPALITIES IN THE STATE
1. Inserted by Act No.4 of 2025.
2. Substituted by Act No.4 of 2025.
3. Omitted by Act No.4 of 2025.
SI.No. Name of the District Name of the Municipality Number of Wards
(1) (2) (3) (4) I JANGAON 1 Jangaon 30 1[1A Station Ghanpur (by merging Station Ghanpur, Changal and Shivunipalli Grampanchayats) 18] 2[ll WARANGAL] 3[2 [XXX]] 3 2[Narsampet (including Madhannapet, Nagulapalle, Maheshwaram, Makdumpuram, Rajapalli, Muthojipet, Rajupeta, Ramulunaik Thanda and Parshunayak Thanda Gram panchayats) 30] 202 [Act No. 11 of 2019]
1. Inserted by Act No.4 of 2025.
2. Omitted by Act No.4 of 2025.
(1) (2) (3) (4) 4 Wardhannapet 12 1[IIA HANUMAKONDA] 1[4A Parkal 22] III MAHABUBABAD 5 Mahabubabad 36 6 Dornakal 15 7 Maripeda 15 8 Thorrur 16 1[8A Kesamudram (including Kesamudram, Kesamudram Station, ST Colony Sub Station thanda, Dhanasari and Ammenapuram Grampanchayats) 16] IV JAYASHANKAR BHUPALAPALLY 9 Bhupalpally 30 V KARIM NAG AR 10 Jammikunta 30 11 Huzurabad 30 12 Choppandandi 14 2[13 [XXX]] [Act No. 11 of 2019] 203
(1) (2) (3) (4) VI JAGUAL 14 Jagtial 48 15 Korutla 33 16 Metpalli 26 17 Raikal 12 18 Dharmapuri 15 23 Sulthanabad 15 IX KHAMMAM 24 Sattupalli 23 25 Madhira 22 26 Wyra 20 1[26A Edulapuram 32] (Gollagudem Grampanchayat including Edualapuram, Barugudem, Gudimilla, Chinna Venkatagiri, Gurralapadu, Maddulapally, Muthagudem, Peddathanda, Polepalli, Reddypalli Pallegudem Part and Teldarupalli Villages]
1. Inserted by Act No.4 of 2025.
204 [Act No. 11 of 2019] and Godavelly Villages)
(1) (2) (3) (4) X BHADRADRI KOTHAGUDEM 27 Kothagudem 36 28 Palvancha 24 29 Yellandu 24 30 Manuguru 23 1[30A Aswaraopeta (by merging Aswaraopeta, Peraigudem and Gurralacheruvu Grampanchayats) 22] XI ADILABAD 31 Adilabad 49 XII NIRMAL 32 Nirmal 42 33 Bhainsa 26 34 Khanapur 12 XIII KUMARAMBHEEM ASIFABAD 35 Kagaznagar 30 2[35(a) Asifabad (by merging Asifabad, Janakpur 20]
1. Inserted by Act No.4 of 2025.
2. Inserted by Act No.5 of 2023.
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(1) (2) (3) (4) XIV MANCHERIAL 1 [36 [XXX]] 37 Bellampally 34 38 Mandamarri 24 2[39 [XXX]] XV RANGA REDDY 40 Chennur 18 41 Kyathanpally 22 42 Luxettipet 15 2[43 Pedda Amberpet (including Bacharam, Gowrelly, Quthbullapur and Tharamathipet Grampanchayats) 24] 44 Ibrahimpatnam 24 45 Jalpally 28 46 Shadnagar 28 2[47 Shamshabad (including Bahadurguda, Chinnagolkonda, Hamidullanagar, Rasheedguda, Ghansimiyaguda and Shankarapuram Grampanchayats) 25]
1. Omitted by Act No.4 of 2025.
2. Substituted by Act No.4 of 2025.
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1. Substituted by Act No.4 of 2025.
2. Inserted by Act No.8 of 2020 w.e.f.29.10.2020.
3. SI.No.54(a) renumbered as SI.No.54(A) by Act No.4 of 2025.
4. Inserted by Act No.4 of 2025.
(1) (2) (3) (4) 48 Turkayamjal 24 49 Manikonda 20 1[50 Narsingi (including Mirjaguda and Janwada Grampanchayat) 18] 51 Adibatla 15 52 Shankarpally 15 1 [53 Thukkuguda (including the Harshaguda Grampanchayat) 15] 54 Amangal 15 ![3[54A] Kothur (by merging Kothur and Thimmapur Gram Panchayats) 12] 4[54B Chevella (by merging Chevella, Damarigidda, Ibrahimpally, Ramannaguda, Devuni Yerravally, Kesaram, Malkapur and Urella Grampanchayats) 18 54C Moinabad (by merging Moinabad, Himayathnagar, Yenkapally, Chilkur, Murthuzaguda, Peddamangalarm, Surangal and Aziznagar Grampanchayats) 26] [Act No. 11 of 2019] 207
(1) (2) (3) (4) XVI VIKARABAD 55 Tandur 36 56 Vikarabad 34 57 1 [Parigi (including the Naskal Nazeerabad Thanda, Sulthanpur, Syed Malkapur, Rukumpally Grampanchayats and Shankapur village) 18] 58 XVII MEDCHAL- MALKAJGIRI Kodangal 12 1 [59 Medchai (including Pudur and Railapur Gram panchayats) 23 60 Dhammaiguda (including Keesara, Yadgarpally, Ankireddypally, Cheeryal, Narsampally and Thimmaipalle Gram panchayats) 18 61 Nagaram (including the Bogaram, Godumakunta, Kareemguda and Ram pally Dayara Grampanchayats) 20
1. Substituted by Act No.4 of 2025.
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(1) (2) (3) (4) 62 Pocharam (including Venkatapur, Pratapasingaram, Korremul, Kachivanisingaram and Chowdariguda Grampanchayats) 18 63 Ghatkesar (including Ankushapur, Aushapur, Madharam, Edulabad, Ghanapur and Marpallyguda Grampanchayats) 18 64 Gundla pochampally (including Muneerabad and Gowdavelly Gram panchayats) 15 65 Thumkunta (including Bomrasipet, Shamirpet and Babaguda Gram panchayats) 16] 66 Kompally 18 67 Dundigal 28 XVIII NIZAMABAD 68 Bodhan 38 69 Armur 36 70 Bheemgal 12 [Act No. 11 of 2019] 209
(1) (2) (3) (4) XIX KAMAREDDY 71 Kamareddy 49 1 [72 Banswada (excluding the habitation of Koyyagutta Thanda) 19] 73 Yellareddy 12 XX YADADRI BHUVANAGIRI 74 Bhongir 35 75 Mothkur 12 76 Choutuppal 20 1[77 Alair (excluding the area of Saigudem) 12] 78 Pochampally 13 79 Yadagirigutta 12 XXI SURYAPET 80 Suryapet 48 81 Kodada 35 82 Huzurnagar 28 83 Neredcherla 15 84 Tirumalagiri 15 XXII NALGONDA 85 Devarakonda 20 86 Nalgonda 48
1. Substituted by Act No.5 of 2024.
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(1) (2) (3) (4) 87 Miryalguda 48 88 Nakrekal 20 89 Nandikonda 12 90 Chityal 12 91 Haliya 12 92 Chandur 10 XXIII SIDDIPET 93 Siddipet 43 94 Gajwel 20 95 Dubbaka 20 96 Husnabad 20 97 Cherial 12 XXIV SANGAREDDY 98 Sangareddy 38 99 Sadasivapet 26 100 Zaheerabad 37 101 Andol-Jogipet 20 102 Narayankhed 15 103 Bollaram 22 1[104 Tellapur (including Kardanoor, Muthangi, Pocharam, Paati and Ghanapur Grampanchayats) 17
1. Substituted by Act No.4 of 2025.
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(1) (2) (3) (4) 105 Ameenpur (including the ilapur, llapurThanda, Patelguda, Dayara, Kistareddypet and Sulthanpur Grampanchayats) 24] 1[105A Kohir 16 105B Gaddapotharam (by merging Gaddapotharam, Khazipalle, Madharam, Wavilal and Laxmipathigudem Grampanchayats 18 105C Gummadidala (by merging Gummadidala, Annaram, Bonthapally, Veerannagudem and Domadugu Grampanchayats) 22 105D Insapur (By merging Insapur, Chitkul and Pashamilagram Grampanchayats) 22]
1. Inserted by Act No.4 of 2025.
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(1) (2) (3) (4) XXV MEDAK 106 Medak 32 107 Thoopran 16 108 Ramayapet 12 109 Narsapur 15 XXVI MAHABUBNAGAR 1[110 [XXX]] 111 Jadcherla 27 112 Boothpur 10 2[112A Devarakadra (by merging Devarakadra, Chowdaripalle, Balsupally, Peddagopalpur and Meenugonipally Grampanchayats) 12] XXVII NARAYANPET 113 Narayanapet 24 114 Makthal 16 115 Kosgi 16 2[115A Maddur (by merging Maddur and Renivatea Grampanchayats 16]
1. Omitted by Act No.4 of 2025.
2. Inserted by Act No.4 of 2025.
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(1) (2) (3) (4) XXVIII JOGULAMBA GADWAL 116 Gadwal 37 117 leeja 20 118 Waddepalle 10 119 Alampur 10 XXIX WANAPARTHY 120 Wanaparthy 33 121 Kothakota 15 122 Pebbair 12 123 Atmakur 10 124 Amarchinta 10 XXX NAGARKURNOOL 125 Nagarkurnool 24 1 [126 Kollapur (excluding the villages Boyalapally (Narsingaraopally) and Thalia Narsimhapuram) 19] 127 Kalwakurthy 22 128 Atchampet 20
1. Inserted by Act No.5 of 2023.
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SCHEDULE - II (see sub-section (2) of section 3) SI.
No.
Name of the District Name of the Municipal Corporation Number of Wards
(1) (2) (3) (4) 1 1[Hanumakonda] 66 2 Karimnagar 1 [Karimnagar Municipal Corporation (by merging Kothapally Municipality, Chinthakunta, Malkapur-Laxmipur, Bommakal, Durshed and Gopalpur Grampanchayats) 66] 3 Peddapalli Ramagundam 50 4 Nizamabad Nizamabad 60 5 Khammam 2[Khammam (excluding the villages of Peddathanda, Polepalli (Rajiv Gruhakalpa, Sainagar Colony, Bhadradri Colony, 4th Class Colony and PHC Colony), Edulapuram, Chinna Venkatagiri, Gurralapadu and Gudimalla)] 60
1. Substituted by Act No.4 of 2025.
2. Substituted by Act No.8 of 2020 w.e.f.29.10.2020.
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(1) (2) (3) (4) 6 Ranga Reddy 1[Badangpet (including survey numbers 236 to 244 of Sri Sai Balaji Town Ship-ll of Sahebnagar Kalan village of Hayathnagar Mandal)] 32 7 Ranga Reddy Bandlaguda Jagir 22 8 Ranga Reddy Meerpet (by merging Meerpet and Jillelguda) 46 9 Boduppal 28 10 Medchal-Malkajgiri Peerzadiguda 26 11 Jawaharnagar 28 12 Nizampet 33 1[13 Mahabubnagar Mahabubnagar (by merging Mahabubnagar Municipality, Divitipally and Zainallipur Gram panchayats) 60 14 Mancherial Mancherial (by merging Mancherial Municipality, Naspur Municpality, Pochampad, Gudipet, Narsingapur, Namnur, Chandanapur, Mulkala, Kothapalli and Vempally Grampanchayats) 60]
1. Inserted by Act No.4 of 2025.
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SCHEDULE - III SI.
No.
Name of the Municipal Service Documents required Time lines Officers involved in this process Approval by
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
1.
Property Tax Property Tax Assessment of building Registered Document / Court Decree / Affidavit, Building Permission Number Instant Online
2. Vacancy remission Assessment copy / proof of vacancy 15 days Online Municipal Commis sioner
3. Revision Petition Application with Assessment Number details 15 days Online Municipal Commis sioner
4. Appeal Application with Review Petition orders 15 days Authori zed person Regional Director concer ned
5. Certified Copy of Assessment Register Free download of assessment details
6. Vacant Registered Land Document I Assessment Court Decree I Affidavit Instant Online [Act No. 11 of 2019] 217 from Registration Department to Municipality and shall issue mutation certificate in online mode in Dharani portal instantly at SRO level]
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
7. Water Tap Connection Application 14 days Online Mission Baghiratha
8. Trade License Application with self certification Instant Online —
9. Trade Renewal Application with self certification Instant Online —
10. Mutation 1 [On registration, application gets online transfer sioner
11. Sub Division Registered Document / 15 days Authori zed Municipal Commis request Court Decree / Affidavit, Building Permission Number/ Affidavit person sioner
12. Certified Copy of Building Permission Instant download from website Instant Authori zed person —
13. Land use certificate as per master plan Application 7 days Online Municipal Commis sioner
14. Birth Certificate Application Instant Online Municipal Commis-
1. Substituted by Act No.8 of 2020 w.e.f.29.10.2020.
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(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
15. Child name inclusion in Birth Certificate Application 7 days Online Municipal Commis sioner
16. Name Correction in Birth Certificate Application, self declaration 7 days Online Municipal Commis sioner
17. Non availability of Birth Certificate Application, self declaration 7 days Online Municipal Commis sioner
18. Death Certificate Application along with documents prescribed 7 days Online Municipal Commis sioner
19. Name correction in Death Certificate Application, self declaration 7 days Online Municipal Commis sioner
20. Non availability of Death Certificate Application, self declaration 7 days Online Municipal Commis sioner
21. Sanitary Certificate for Educational Institutions Registration and Recognised Certificate from School Education Department and application 7 days Authori sed person Municipal Commis sioner
22. Any other services as prescribed by the Government.
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SCHEDULE - IV (see section 12) PROVISIONS WITH REGARD TO DISQUALIFICATION OF MEMBERS
1. Disqualification for Election or for Holding Office as a Member:
A person holding an office of profit under a Municipality, the Central Government or the State Government shall be disqualified for election or for holding office as member:
Provided that a person shall not be deemed to hold an office of profit under Municipality by reason, only that he is a Chairperson or member of a Municipality in the State.
2. Other Disqualifications of Candidates:
(1) A person who has been sentenced by a criminal court,-
(a) to imprisonment for an offence under the Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955 (Central Act 22 of 1955);
(b) for any offence other than an offence of political character, or any offence not involving moral delinquency, such sentence not having been suspended, reversed or the offence pardoned, shall be disqualified for election as a member, while undergoing the sentence and for five years from the date of expiration thereof.
(2) A person shall be disqualified for election as a member, if such person is, on the date fixed for scrutiny of nomination for election,- 220 [Act No. 11 of 2019]
(a) of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent court;
(b) an applicant to be adjudicated an insolvent or undischarged insolvent;
(c) interested in a subsisting lease or contract entered into with or any work being done for the Municipality, except as a shareholder, other than a Director, in a company:
Provided that a person shall not be deemed to have any interest in such contract or work by reason only of his having a share or interest in,-
(i) any sale or purchase of immovable property or any agreement for the same; or
(ii) any public loan raised by Municipality or any security for the payment of money only; or
(iii) any newspaper in which any advertisement relating to the affairs of the Municipality is inserted; or
(iv) the sale to the Municipality, of any articles, in which he regularly trades, or the purchase from the Municipality, of any articles, to a value in either case not exceeding five hundred (500) rupees, in the aggregate, in any year during the period of the contract or work;
(v) the occasional letting out on hire to the Municipality or hiring from the Municipality, of any article, for an amount not exceeding, in the aggregate, in any one year five hundred (500) rupees;
(d) an honorary Magistrate for the municipal town;
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(e) already a member or Sarpanch of a Gram Panchayat or a member of a Mandal Praja Parishad or Zilla Praja Parishad constituted under the provisions of the Telangana Panchayat Raj Act, 2018 (Telangana Act 5 of 2018);
(f) already a member whose term of office, as such, will not expire before his fresh election can take effect, or has already been elected a member, whose term of office has not yet commenced;
Explanation: Nothing in this clause shall be construed as disqualifying a sitting member of a Municipality for re election as member to that Municipality;
(g) the employee or employer or the official subordinate or official superior of a member holding office on the said date;
(h) in arrears of any kind due by him otherwise than in a fiduciary capacity to the Municipality upto and inclusive of the previous year, in respect of which a bill or notice has been duly served upon him, and the time, if any, specified therein for payment, has expired; or
(i) dismissed from service of the Central Government, the State Government, any Municipality or any local authority, for misconduct.
3. Disqualification for failure to lodge Account of Election Expenses:
If the State Election Commission is satisfied that a person,- 222 [Act No. 11 Of 2019]
(a) has failed to lodge an account of election expenses within the time limit prescribed and, in the manner, required by or under this Act, and
(b) has no good reason or justification for the failure, the State Election Commission shall, after following the procedure prescribed, by order published in the Telangana Gazette, declare him,
(i) to be ineligible for a period of three (3) years from the date of the said order to contest any election held for any office under this Act; and
(ii) to have ceased to hold office, in case he is elected.
4. Disqualification of Members:
(1) Subject to the provisions of section 13, a member shall cease to hold his office, if he,-
(a) is sentenced by a criminal court to such punishment and for such offence, as is described in sub paragraph (1) of Paragraph 2;
(b) is elected to a ward/office reserved for Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes or Backward Classes, and subsequently the Community Certificate, on the basis of which he is elected is cancelled, under section 5 of the Telangana (Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes) Regulation of Issue of Community Certificates Act, 1993 (Act 16 of 1993);
(c) becomes of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent court;
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(d) applies to be adjudicated, or is adjudicated, an insolvent;
(e) subject to the proviso to sub-paragraph (2)(c) of Paragraph 2, acquires any interest in any subsisting contract made with, or work being done for, the Municipality, except as a shareholder, other than a Director, in a company;
(f) is employed as a paid legal practitioner on behalf of the Municipality or legal practitioner against the Municipality;
(g) is appointed as an officer or servant under this Act, or as an honorary Magistrate for the municipal town;
(h) accepts employment under or becomes the official subordinate of any other member;
(i) ceases to reside for a period of more than six (6) months in the Municipality or within two kilometers from the outer limits there from;
(j) fails to pay arrears of any kind due by him, otherwise than in a fiduciary capacity, to the Municipality within three (3) months after a bill or notice has been served upon him under this Act, or where, in the case of any arrears, this Act does not require the service of any bill or notice, within three (3) months after a notice requiring payment of the arrears, which notice it shall be the duty of the Commissioner to serve at the earliest possible date, has been duly served upon him by the Commissioner;
(k) absents himself from the meetings of the Municipality for a period of three (3) consecutive months, reckoned from the date of the commencement of his term of office, or of the last meeting which he attended, or of his 224 [Act No. 11 Of 2019] restoration to office as member under sub-paragraph (3), as the case may be, or if within the said period, less than three
(3) ordinary meetings have been held absents himself from three consecutive ordinary meetings held after the said date:
Provided that in the case of a woman member, a period of not more than two (2) months at a time shall be excluded in reckoning the period of absence aforesaid if, for reasons of physical disability, due to advanced stage of pregnancy and of delivery, such member absents herself from meetings of the Municipality, after giving a written intimation to the Commissioner of the date from which she would be absent:
Provided further that no meeting from which a member absented himself shall be counted against him under this clause, if notice of that meeting was not duly served on him:
Provided also that nothing in this clause shall apply to an ex-officio member.
(2) Where a person ceases to be a member under sub paragraph (1) (a) of Paragraph 4, he shall be restored to office for such portion of the period, for which he was elected, as may remain unexpired at the date of such restoration, if and when the sentence or order is annulled on appeal or revision, and any person elected to fill the vacancy in the interim shall, on such restoration, vacate office.
(3) Where a person ceases to be a member under sub paragraph (1) (I) of Paragraph 4, the Commissioner shall, at once, intimate the fact, in writing, to such person and report the same to the Municipality at its next meeting. If such person applies for restoration to the Municipality on or [Act No. 11 of 2019] 225 before the date of its next meeting, or within fifteen (15) days of the receipt by him of such intimation; the Municipality may, at the meeting next after the receipt of such application, or suo moto, restore him to the office of the member:
Provided that a member shall not be so restored more than thrice during his term of office.
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