For the first time since a tussle broke out between the Parsi community and the MMRCL over protecting two of their Atash Behrams from Metro III, the high priests have publicly shown their support to the five petitioners who filed the petition in the Bombay High Court. In a letter sent earlier this week, seven high priests have urged the petitioners not to 'leave any stone unturned in protecting and preserving the sanctity' of the Wadiaji and Anjuman Atash Behrams.

The letter was sent to the petitioners by seven high priests and religious scholars of the community including Kaikhushroo Jamasp Asa, Cyrus N Dastur, Kaikhushroo Navroji Dastur Meherjirana, Firoze Kotwal, Khurshed Dastur, Dr Parvez Bajan and Dr Ramiyar Karanjia on November 14. The religious leaders stated that the sanctity of the fire temples can be preserved only if the 'Metro 3 underground tunnel totally runs beyond the precincts' of the Atash Behrams.