A community that has waited decades for a fairer reservation slot may finally get a data-backed answer. On Thursday, 22 October 2026, the Chief Minister's Office of Telangana announced that Chief Minister Revanth Anumula has constituted a Cabinet sub-committee to examine shifting the Mudiraj community from the BC-D classification into the higher BC-A group — armed, this time, with figures from the state's completed caste census.

Why courts blocked it before — and what is different now

This is not a fresh idea; it is a revived one. Earlier attempts to reclassify the Mudiraj community were thrown out by courts precisely because the state could not produce hard numbers to justify the move. CM Revanth made that history explicit at the event: the proposals failed, he said, because 'there were no proper data' (సరైన లెక్కలు లేవు). That gap has now been closed. The Telangana Caste Census Commission, formed on 4 February 2024 and completed exactly one year later on 4 February 2025, has since generated what the government calls solid, household-level enumeration data — the empirical spine any reclassification petition now needs to survive judicial scrutiny.

The sub-committee will consult legal experts and senior officials before placing its recommendations before the full Cabinet. The CM was direct about the sequencing: consult, discuss, decide — no shortcuts that could again be struck down in court.

Panduga Sayanna's 174th birth anniversary — the occasion that triggered the pledges

The announcements came at the 174th birth anniversary of Panduga Sayanna, a Mudiraj community freedom fighter who spent his life battling landlords and zamindars in the Palamuru region. The government-organised event was held at Ravindra Bharathi, Hyderabad, where CM Revanth paid floral tributes to Sayanna's portrait and released songs composed in his honour. The CM called Sayanna a warrior who was 'ready to fall fighting against zamindars and jagirdars rather than let the poor lose their land' — and added, with evident personal pride, that being a fellow son of Palamuru was a matter of deep honour for him.

The occasion also produced a concrete civic commitment: statues of Panduga Sayanna and Doddi Komurayya — another freedom fighter from Telangana's struggle — will be installed in the Tank Bund area of Hyderabad, following the precedent already set by statues of Sarvai Papanna Goud and Jyotirao Phule.

Addressing the 'Gangaputra concern' head-on

Moving the Mudiraj into BC-A is not without friction. Some within the Gangaputra community — currently in BC-A — fear their share of benefits would shrink. The CM acknowledged those anxieties directly and instructed Minister Ponnam Prabhakar to sit with all affected groups, lay out the full data, and 'remove misconceptions before any decision is taken.' The instruction was telling: the government wants political groundwork to match the legal groundwork.

The broader welfare scoreboard CM Revanth cited

The anniversary event became a wider canvas for the government to enumerate its welfare record. The CM listed scheme expansions rather than new launches — a deliberate contrast with predecessor governments. Rice subsidy has moved from ₹2 per kg under an older scheme to 6 kg of fine rice per person per month for 3.48 crore beneficiaries. The Rajiv Aarogyasri health cover ceiling was raised from ₹2 lakh to ₹10 lakh. Rythu Bharosa farm-support payments moved from ₹10,000 to ₹12,000. Free electricity for households consuming under 200 units now covers 55 lakh families. Loan waivers of up to ₹2 lakh reached over 25 lakh farmers, and 8 lakh Indiramma houses have been sanctioned for the poor. Free bus travel for women on TSRTC has so far cost the government over ₹14,000 crore.

The SC sub-categorisation issue — unresolved for 40 years — was cited as proof that this government can break long-standing deadlocks. The CM's closing line at the event set the tone: 'Even if it is delayed, ensuring no injustice occurs is my responsibility.'

Whether the sub-committee's report survives the courts will be the real test. But for the first time, Telangana walks into that fight with a full caste census behind it.