Guv yet to give assent to T’gana quota ordinance

THE ORDINANCE SEEKS TO PROVIDE 42% RESERVATIONS TO OBC MEMBERS AND WAS CLEARED BY THE TELANGANA CABINET ON JULY 10

- Srinivasa Rao Apparasu

Telangana governor Jishnu Dev Varma is yet to give his assent to the state government’s proposed ordinance seeking to provide 42% reservations for Other Backward Classes, even as the 30-day period set apart by the high court for finalising the reservations in upcoming local body elections ended on Friday.

The draft ordinance— Telangana Panchayat Raj (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025, was approved by the state cabinet headed by chief minister A Revanth Reddy on July 10 and was sent to the governor on July 14 for his assent.

Ithas since remained pending with the governor, a Congress leader said on condition of anonymity.

“The chief minister, along with his senior cabinet colleagues, met the governor at Raj Bhavan on July 20 and requested him to give the assent to the ordinance at the earliest, so that the government would finalise the reservations for the local bodies. But so far, there has been no response from the Raj Bhavan,” he said.