IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD FRIDAY, THE NINTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.159 OF 2010 Between: Sri Ashwardhanarayana Swamy Nayee Brahin Co-operative Society, C. Pappur Village, P. Pappuru Mandal, Ananthapur District Rep. by its Chairman and Chief Promotor M. Sriramulu, ……Petitioner AND The Commissioner, Endowments Department, Boggulkunta, Hyderabad & 2 others .....Respondents HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.159 OF 2010 ORDER: Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner Sri P. Narasimhulu, the learned Government Pleader for Endowments and Sri V.T.M. Prasad, learned Standing Counsel for respondent No.3, and, at their request, the Writ Petition is disposed of at the stage of admission itself. 2. The petitioner is a co-operative society, whose members are Nayee Brahmins eking out their livelihood performing duties as barbers. Hitherto, respondent No.3 temples – Sri Ashwartha Narayana Swamy & Bheemalingeswara Swamy Temples were engaging their services on every Wenesdays and Fridays. On the ground that their services were dispensed with from 02-05-2009 onwards, the present Writ Petition is filed. 3. Sri V.T.M. Prasad, learned Standing Counsel for respondent No.3, on instructions, would submit that respondent No.3 temples employed barbers and it is only when there is a heavy rush of pilgrims necessitating the services of additional barbers being requisitioned that they were engaging barbers from outside; since no necessity had arisen after August 2009, the services of the members of the petitioner association were not sought for. The petitioner association claims to have submitted a representation in this regard to respondent No.2. 4. In these circumstances, I consider it appropriate to direct respondent No.2 to consider the representation of the petitioner association and, in case services of additional barbers are required, consider the members of the petitioners association along with other eligible barbers for rendering tonsure services in respondent No.3 temples. 5. With the above directions, the Writ Petition is disposed of. However, in the circumstances, without costs. ________________________ RAMESH RANGANATHAN, J April 9, 2010. PV