Telangana Reorganises Hyderabad Policing, Creates New Commissionerate for Future City

Hyderabad, Dec 2025 : In a major administrative overhaul aimed at strengthening law enforcement and keeping pace with rapid urban expansion, the Telangana government on Monday reorganised the policing structure of Hyderabad and its surrounding areas by restructuring the existing commissionerates and creating a fourth police commissionerate for the upcoming Future City.

As part of the reorganisation, the Hyderabad and Cyberabad police commissionerates will continue under their existing names, while the Rachakonda Commissionerate has been renamed as the Malkajgiri Commissionerate. In another significant change, Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district has been excluded from the commissionerate system and will function as a separate police unit.

The decision is closely linked to the reorganisation of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) and the state government’s long-term vision for urban development, particularly the creation and expansion of Future City. According to officials, the restructuring has been undertaken to improve public service delivery, ensure more effective maintenance of law and order, and enhance crime prevention and control across the expanding metropolitan region.

With the revised jurisdictional boundaries, key administrative and strategic locations such as the State Assembly, Secretariat, Begumpet, Shamshabad International Airport, and the upcoming High Court complex at Budvel have been brought under the Hyderabad Police Commissionerate. The move is intended to ensure tighter security coordination around vital government and judicial institutions.

The Cyberabad Commissionerate will continue to oversee Hyderabad’s fast-growing technology and industrial corridors. Major IT and commercial hubs such as Gachibowli, the Financial District, Nanakramguda, Madhapur, and Raidurg will fall under its jurisdiction. In addition, important industrial zones including Patancheru, Genome Valley, Ramachandrapuram (RC Puram), and Ameenpur will also be covered by Cyberabad police.

The restructured Malkajgiri Commissionerate, earlier known as Rachakonda, will now oversee areas such as Keesara, Shamirpet, Quthbullapur, and Kompally. Meanwhile, Bhuvanagiri, which was previously part of Rachakonda, has been removed from the commissionerate framework altogether. The Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district will now operate independently, with a Superintendent of Police to be appointed to manage law and order in the district.

Recognising the rapid pace of development in the proposed Future City, the government has created a separate commissionerate to cater to emerging urban and industrial needs. The new Future City Commissionerate will cover areas including Chevella, Moinabad, Shankarpally, Maheshwaram, and Ibrahimpatnam—regions expected to witness large-scale infrastructure and economic activity in the coming years.

Along with announcing the reorganisation, the state government issued orders appointing police commissioners for all four commissionerates and an SP for Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district. Sudheer Babu, who was serving as Commissioner of Police, Rachakonda, has been transferred and posted as Commissioner of Police, Future City. Cyberabad Police Commissioner Avinash Mohanty has been shifted and appointed as Commissioner of Police, Malkajgiri. M. Ramesh, Inspector General of Police (Provisioning and Logistics), has been posted as Commissioner of Police, Cyberabad, while senior IPS officer V. C. Sajjanar will continue as Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad.

The police reorganisation follows the state government’s broader development roadmap outlined in the “Telangana Rising – Vision 2047” document, released on December 9 at the Telangana Rising Global Summit. The vision aims to transform Telangana into a $3 trillion economy by 2047 through a strategic division of the state into three development zones—CURE, PURE, and RARE.

As part of this strategy, legal amendments were introduced to merge 27 municipalities within the Outer Ring Road into the GHMC, enabling more integrated urban planning. The GHMC itself has been reorganised into 12 zones, 60 circles, and 300 wards. In line with these changes, the government has now moved to restructure key departments, including the police, to ensure governance systems are aligned with the state’s ambitious growth plans.

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