India, Aug. 26 -- The local body elections in Telangana are likely to be held in the third week of September and a notification announcing it may be issued by the state election commission (SEC) in the first week of next month, people familiar with the matter said on Monday.

Since the Telangana high court, in its judgement on June 25, directed the state government and the SEC to complete the process for local body elections before September 30, the ruling Congress is brainstorming to decide implementation of 42% reservations for the other backward classes.

The political affairs committee (PAC) of the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC), which had a prolonged discussion on Saturday on the OBC quota issue, formed a group of cabine...