Overview
- The Telangana Assembly Secretariat issued a formal notification on September 28, 2026, declaring the Khairatabad seat vacant after publishing the High Court order in the state gazette.
- A Division Bench of the Telangana High Court found Danam Nagender disqualified under Paragraph 2(1)(a) of the Tenth Schedule and Article 191(2) because he filed nomination papers for the Secunderabad Lok Sabha seat on April 23, 2024 while remaining an MLA.
- The High Court set the disqualification's effective date as April 23, 2024, and the Supreme Court refused to overturn that ruling, leaving the disqualification in force.
- With the gazette and Assembly notification sent to the Election Commission, a by-election must now be scheduled to fill the vacancy and is generally required to occur within six months under election law.
- The case underlines judicial review of Speaker decisions on defections and opens a high-profile contest in Hyderabad where BRS, Congress and BJP will vie for the seat while Nagender has said he intends to run in the bypoll.