MARKANDEY KATJU, C.J.

1. W.P.M.P. No. 21036 of 2005 is a miscellaneous petition filed in W.P. No. 9235 of 2005. We also have before us impleading petitions, viz. W.P.M.P. Nos. 21313 and 21583 of 2005 and a direction petition, viz. W.P.M.P. No. 21388 of 2005.

2. We have heard the learned counsels for the writ petitioners and for the newly impleaded parties, including the Panchayat President as well as the learned Advocate General.

3. The grievance of the petitioners who belong to the Scheduled Caste is that they are not allowed to pull the Temple Car in the Car Festival held in the Swarnamoortheswarar Temple, Kandadevi Village, Devakottai Taluk, Sivagangai District.

4. Various allegations have been made in the writ petition and in the affidavits filed in support of these miscellaneous petitions, but it is not necessary to deal with all of them in great detail at this stage since we are not deciding the writ petition finally today. We are only dealing with the request of the learned counsels for the petitioners that since the Car Festival is going on, the Dalit Community should also be permitted to pull the Temple Car in the said Festival.

5. Learned Advocate General has invi