Y. V. ANJANEYULU, J.

( 1 ) THE petitioner herein belongs to a Scheduled Tribe community. It is stated that the petitioners family is engaged in the traditional occupation of making Savaralu for women out of human hair. An advertisement appeared in Udayam, a Telugu Daily, dated 29-11-87 that auction would be held in the premises of Sri Laxmi Venkateswara Devasthanam, Manyamkonda Mandal Mahaboobnagar District, for leasing out the right to collect human hair for the period 1-1-88 to 31-12-88. The petitioner accordingly attended the a action held on 10-12-87. From the record produced by the learned Government Pleader it would appear that this public auction was held in the premises of the temple in the presence of the Executive Officer of the Devasthanam, the hereditary trustee and the Asst. Commissioner of Endowments. Seven persons, according to the record, including the petitioner, had participated in the auction. The record produced by the Devasthanam relating to the auction indicated that while several persons stopped their bid in between Rs. 20,000. 00 to Rs. 26,000. 00, one Yadaiah offered Rs. 34,500. 00 and that bid was improved by the petitioner to Rs. 35,000. 00. The petitioner

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