Hyderabad:
In a major administrative restructuring, the Telangana government on Wednesday (February 11, 2026) announced the division of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) into three separate municipal corporations. The decision was formalised through a series of three government orders and came into immediate effect.
Three New Municipal Corporations
Under the reorganisation, areas within the Hyderabad Outer Ring Road will now be governed by three distinct civic bodies:
- Cyberabad Municipal Corporation:
Comprising the Serilingampally, Kukatpally, and Qutbullapur zones. - Malkajgiri Municipal Corporation:
Covering the Malkajgiri, Uppal, and L.B. Nagar zones. - Restructured Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC):
Encompassing the remaining areas, including Shamshabad, Rajendranagar, Charminar, Golconda, Khairatabad, and Secunderabad zones.
Appointment of Commissioners
Through a separate Government Order (G.O.), the state government announced the following appointments:
- R.V. Karnan will continue as Commissioner of the restructured GHMC.
- G. Srijana, Additional Commissioner, GHMC, has been transferred and appointed as Commissioner of the Cyberabad Municipal Corporation.
- T. Vinay Krishna Reddy, Additional Commissioner, GHMC, has been transferred and appointed as Commissioner of the Malkajgiri Municipal Corporation.
Legal Framework and Administration
According to the official notification, each newly constituted municipal corporation will function independently with perpetual succession and a common seal. All three corporations will operate under the provisions of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act, 1955.
The reorganisation order was signed by Jayesh Ranjan, Special Chief Secretary to the Metropolitan Area & Urban Development Department. In a related development, Mr. Ranjan has also been appointed as Special Officer for all three municipal corporations, as per a separate government order signed by Chief Secretary K. Ramakrishna Rao.
