Government of Telangana

{{transcluded section|Revanth Reddy ministry#Council of Ministers}}

{{trim|{{#section-h:Revanth Reddy ministry|Council of Ministers}}}}

The Governor is the constitutional head and the Chief Minister is head of the government who also heads the council of ministers. The Chief Justice of the high court is the head of the judiciary.

{{ see also|List of Governors of Telangana }}

The governor is appointed by the President for a term of five years. The executive and legislative powers lie with the Chief Minister and his council of ministers, who are appointed by the governor. The governors of the states and territories of India have similar powers and functions at the state level as that of the President of India at Union level. Only Indian citizens above 36 years of age are eligible for appointment. Governors discharge all constitutional functions such as the appointment of the Chief Minister, sending reports to the president about failure of constitutional machinery in a state, or with respect to issues relating to the assent to a bill passed by legislature, exercise or their own opinion.{{cite web |url=http://india.gov.in/knowindia/the_states.php |title=The States |publisher=Government of India |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080323155549/http://india.gov.in/knowindia/the_states.php |archive-date=23 March 2008 |df=dmy-all}}

Ekkadu Srinivasan Lakshmi Narasimhan was the governor from 2 June 2014 to 1 September 2019.

Tamilisai Soundararajan was appointed as the governor on September 1, 2019.

The governor enjoys many different types of powers:

• Executive powers: related to administration, appointments, and removals
• Legislative powers: related to lawmaking and the state legislature
• Discretionary powers: to be carried out according to the discretion of the governor

{{main|Telangana Legislature}}

The legislature comprises the governor and the legislative assembly, which is the highest political organ in the state. All members of the legislative assembly are directly elected

The current assembly consists of 119 elected members and one member nominated by the governor.The normal term of the legislative assembly is five years from the date appointed for its first meeting

The Telangana High Court is the apex court for the state. It is a court of record and has all the powers of such a court including the authority to punish an individual for contempt of court.

Like in other Indian states, the executive arm of the state is responsible for the day-to-day management of the state. It consists of the Governor, the Chief Minister and the Council of Ministers.

The secretariat headed by the secretary to the governor assists the council of ministers. The chief minister is assisted by the chief secretary, who is the head of the administrative services.

{{ see also|List of Chief Ministers of Telangana}}

The executive authority is headed by the Chief Minister of Telangana, who is the de facto head of state and is vested with most of the executive powers; the Legislative Assembly's majority party leader is appointed to this position by the governor. The current Chief Minister is Anumula Revanth Reddy, who took office on 7 December 2023.{{cite web |title=TRS wins in Telangana |url=http://deccan-journal.com/content/trs-storms-power-telangana |work=Deccan-Journal |access-date=27 May 2014}} Generally, the party which reaches more than half mark i.e. 60 seats out of 119 decides the Chief Minister.

{{main|List of cabinet ministers of Telangana}}

The Council of Ministers, which answers to the Legislative Assembly, has its members appointed by the Governor; the appointments receive input from the Chief Minister. They are collectively responsible to the legislative assembly of the State. Generally, the winning party and its chief minister chooses the ministers list and submit the list for the governor's approval.

Telangana State is divided into 33 districts. The business of the state government is transacted through the various secretariat departments based on the rules of business. Each department consists of secretary to government, who is the official head of the department and such other undersecretaries, junior secretaries, officers, and staffs subordinate to him/her. The Chief secretary superintending control over the whole secretariat and staff attached to the ministers.

{{Politics of Telangana}}

Elections to the state assembly are held every five years. Elections are generally held for Parliament, State assembly and regional panchayats. Like all other Indian states, the minimum age of registration of a voter is 18 years.

Election Commission announced dates for elections in five states including Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telangana, Chhattisgarh and Mizoram. Polls in Telangana were conducted on November 30, and results were announced on December 3: EC {{Cite web|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/15506-festival-of-democracy-in-full-splendour-in-telangana-as-voting-for-the-state%E2%80%99s-legislative-assembly-takes-place-smoothly/ | title = Festival of democracy in full splendour in Telangana as voting for the State’s Legislative Assembly takes place smoothly}}

• T App Folio
• T-Fiber

{{reflist}}

• {{Official website|http://www.telangana.gov.in}}

{{Telangana}}

{{State Agencies of Telangana}}

{{Government of India by state or territory}}

{{Authority control}}