THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L. NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.19713 of 2009 ORDER: The petitioners are belonging to Agnikula Kshatriya community. Sri Dharmarajaswamy Temple, Guduru has many devotees from the Agnikula Kshatriya. The petitioners state that the people of their community are entitled to conduct Kalasastapana Utsava Ubhayam at the fifth respondent temple during Dasara Festival. The petitioners state that the action of respondents 2 and 3 in not permitting the people of their community to conduct the said ritual is contrary to law and amounts violation of their right. On behalf of respondents 1 to 4 a counter affidavit is filed denying that there exists any custom of that nature. Heard Sri N. Ravi Prasad, learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Government Pleader for Endowments and Sri V.T.M. Prasad, learned counsel for the fifth respondent. The petitioners claim certain rights in favour of their community in the context of conducting of Kalasastapana Utsava Ubhayam at the fifth respondent temple on the eve of Dasara festival every year. Basically, the petitioners have to establish the existence of such custom in this regard and this would be possible if only they initiate proceedings under Section 87 of the A.P. Charitable and Hindu Religious Institutions and Endowments Act (for short ‘the Act’). Not only the concerned issues will be framed by the adjudicating authority but also the parties would be entitled to lead evidence in support of their contention. Further an alternative remedy of appeal to the High Court is also provided under law. Hence the writ petition is disposed of permitting the petitioners to avail the remedies under Section 87 of the Act to establish their custom or rights vis-à-vis the relief claimed in this writ petition. ________________________ L. NARASIMHA REDDY, J 20th April, 2010 Js.