HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B. VIJAYSEN REDDY DATE OF ORDER: 08-01-2026 Between:

Mr. Kallem Seethaiah S/o. Chinna Veeraiah and one (1) another.

... Petitioners AND The State of Telangana Rep. By its Principal Secretary, Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad, and four (4) others.

... Respondents ORDER : (ORAL)

This writ petition is filed by the petitioners seeking to declare the action of respondent No.4 in not including their names in the voters list for the forthcoming Municipality Elections, as being illegal, arbitrary.

2. Heard Mr. Kadaru Prabhakar Rao, learned counsel for the petitioners; Mr. P. Sudheer Rao, learned standing counsel for the Telangana State Election Commission, appearing respondent No.2; and Mr. Putta Krishna Reddy, learned standing counsel for Municipalities, appearing for respondent No.4.

3. Learned standing counsel for respondent No.4 placed on record written instructions and submitted that Edulapuram Municipality has been recently constituted by fully merging ten (10) Gram Panchayats and partially merging two (2) Gram Panchayats, namely Pallegudem and Pollepalli. The rep