The new appointments come as Telangana prepares for several local bodies elections soon. The five-year tenure of sarpanches, mandal parishad and zilla parishad territorial constituencies expired in mid-2024 and the tenure of municipalities is set to end by early 2025. The GHMC elections are scheduled for March 2026, along with elections for other municipal corporations, including Warangal and Khammam. Rani Kumudini succeeds C Partha Sarathi, who was appointed by the previous BRS government in September 2020. His tenure ended last week.