The CURE Act may supersede the GHMC Act for the administration of the tri-commission area

A new uniform law is on the anvil for the administration of the tri-commissioned area comprising Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, Malkajgiri Municipal Corporation and Cyberabad Municipal Corporation.

The statute, named the CURE Act, will govern the affairs of the Core Urban Region, which unites all three commissionerates into a single megapolis, with a unified administrative framework. In effect, it will replace the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act, 1955, which may be repealed.

The draft notification of the new law may be published in the first week of June for claims and objections of citizens and stakeholders, officials informed. Assuring that it will not be a replica of the GHMC Act, they say several changes are being proposed in almost all wings – including town planning, property tax and others.

The current exercise has its roots in the government’s decision six months ago to merge 27 fringe urban local bodies with the existing GHMC extending its jurisdiction to the outer circle. Later, the enlarged corporation was divided into three municipal corporations – GHMC, Malkajgiri and Cyberabad.

Already, public grievance redressal, online tax payment and other similar structures of the three corporations have been integrated into a single platform under CURE. While commissioners exist for all the three corporations, they function under a special officer, Jayesh Ranjan, who reviews the affairs of the three ULBs. A new Department of Metropolitan Administration & Urban Development was created from the Department of Urban Administration and Urban Development, exclusively for administrative decisions regarding the CURE region.

Officials believe that elections for the three corporations can be held after the successful passage of the CURE Act. The term of the GHMC board ended in February 2026 and elections are pending for these three corporations.

Published – 27 May 2026 20:55 IST