Regularise services of Mecca Masjid, Shahi Masjid employees: Nampally MLA Majid Hussain

A view of historic Mecca Masjid in Hyderabad. File | Photo Credit: NAGARA GOPAL Nampally legislator Mohammed Majid Hussain on Friday (September 18, 2026) urged the Telangana government to regularise the services of employees working at Hyderabad’s historic Mecca Masjid and Shahi Masjid in Public Gardens and demanded a speedy framing of service rules for them.Raising the issue on the floor of the Telangana Legislative Assembly, the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) MLA said that the 30 employees discharging duties at the masjids have been facing hardships for several years. He underscored that they have been denied benefits that are given to other categories of employees, despite workers being in service before Independence.Mr. Hussain said the employees work tirelessly from 5 a.m. to 8 p.m., have no holidays, and work 365 days a year. He maintained that no service rules were framed specifically for employees of the two mosques.Tracing their history, Mr. Hussain said that while the Mecca Masjid is around 400 years old, the Shahi Masjid in Public Gardens was constructed a 100 years ago. He pointed out that while these places of worship were under the control of rulers of the day before independence, post the integration of Hyderabad State, they were first under the Revenue and Endowments Department before being transferred to the Minorities Welfare Department in 1996-97. He stated that despite this transfer, rules governing the service conditions of the employees were yet to be framed.The MLA also said the then Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao had promised to regularise the employees, but this did not come to pass. He claimed that the file pertaining to the matter was currently pending with the government. Mr. Hussain said the move would provide them with the dignity and service benefits due to them. Published - September 18, 2026 02:51 pm IST