Hyderabad, July 26 -- Telangana governor Jishnu Dev Varma is yet to give his assent to the state government's proposed ordinance seeking to provide 42% reservations for Other Backward Classes, even as the 30-day period set apart by the high court for finalising the reservations in upcoming local body elections ended on Friday.

The draft ordinance- Telangana Panchayat Raj (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025, was approved by the state cabinet headed by chief minister A Revanth Reddy on July 10 and was sent to the governor on July 14 for his assent. It has since remained pending with the governor, a Congress leader said on condition of anonymity.

"The chief minister, along with his senior cabinet colleagues, met the governor at Raj Bhavan on July ...