Key Takeaways from the Telangana Municipalities Act, 2019

The Telangana Municipalities Act, 2019[1] (“Act”) was notified on October 9, 2019 in the Telangana Gazette inter alia with an object to (i) make the administration in Urban Local Bodies more transparent, time bound and accountable, (ii) meet the emerging scenarios which require new orientation in legal frame work, (iii) encourage greenery, and (iv) meet the growing needs of the public.

The Act repeals the (a) Telangana Municipalities Act, 1965 and (b) Telangana Municipal Corporations Act, 1994, and provides that municipalities and municipal corporations constituted under the aforesaid repealed acts shall be deemed to be municipal councils and municipal corporations constituted under the Act (other than the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation). The new municipal corporations formed in the State of Telangana are Badangpet, Bandlaguda Jagir, Meerpet, Boduppal, Peerzadiguda, Jawaharnagar, and Nizampet. As per the provisions of the Act there are total 128 municipalities and 12 municipal Corporations.

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