The Union Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs (CCPA) is understood to have recommended deletion of the controversial Clause 14F of the Presidential Order, 1975, which makes the people of all the three regions in the state eligible for police jobs in Hyderabad. Political parties of all hues, including the ruling Congress, TDP and BJP in Andhra Pradesh today welcomed the Centre's decision to repeal the clause for the benefit of Telangana.

However, the TRS and student groups said they would continue their campaign till the orders are issued officially. "This decision is, in fact, delayed. It will not impact the separate statehood demand in a big way. However, we thank the Prime Minister, Sonia Gandhiji and Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy for this decision. We will decide our future course of (action) tomorrow," Congress MP G Sukhender Reddy said.

Telangana supporters have been agitating for long for repealing the clause. The state assembly had earlier passed a resolution seeking its deletion. Welcoming the Centre's decision, TDP Chief N Chandrababu Naidu said in Delhi the government should get the President's consent without delay. TRS MLA and party president K Chandrasekhar Rao's son K T Rama Rao said that the party would continue its struggle for repeal of the clause until the orders are issued after President's assent.