The all-party meeting on discussing the modalities and issues concerning bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh would be held in two phases on November 12 and 13 in Delhi.
The dates have been finalized by the Union Home Ministry on Monday.
A total of eight recognized political parties of the state have been invited for the meeting.
The Centre would hold discussions with four parties on Nov 12 and with the remaining four parties on Nov 13, the sources said.
Earlier, the Home Ministry had sent letters to all the parties, seeking their suggestions on the terms of reference of the Group of Ministers (GoM) constituted by the UPA government to work out modalities of the division.
However, the response to the Home Ministry's communication has been disappointing.
The Telugu Desam Party and YSR Congress Party have already refused to respond to the letter while the ruling Congress is a divided house.
With the parties being divided on the bifurcation issue, the UPA government is left with no option but to go ahead with formulation of the Telangana bill on its own, without much additional inputs from the state.
The State Congress is split into pro- and anti-Telangana groups and three others-- TDP, YSRCP and CPI (M) refuse to acknowledge the GoM.
In the case of Congress, the views of the state unit do not have much impact on the Centre as the decision to divide AP was taken by the Congress Working Committee, the highest policy making body of the party.
While elected representatives of Congress from Telangana region sent their own report to the Union Home Ministry, making various suggestions on bifurcation issue, the Seemandhra leaders are said to be divided over sending such a report, as it would amount to agreeing to bifurcation. And, if they do not send any suggestions, the Centre might take into cognizance only the ones sent by Telangana leaders.
