Gender equality in ordination of Pastors It was in 1970 that the Church of South India Synod led by P. Solomon first mooted the ordination of women, resulting in objections from the Laity and a decade of legal recourse followed and efforts were made by the CSI-Synod to overcome them, leading to full-fledged ordination of women in 1982 during the term of I. Jesudason, that led to the ordination of Elizabeth Paul, the first ordained Woman priest in the Church of South India Synod. In the Diocese of Medak, the first Woman priest to be ordained was B. Samarpana Kumari, a seminarian at the Andhra Christian Theological College who underwent Spiritual formation during the Principalship of M. Victor Paul, AELC and was ordained by the diocese during the bishopric of Victor Premasagar. Following that, when Sugandhar took over the mantle in 1993, Woman priests continued to be ordained and he supported its cause and stood by societies which promoted it, especially the Association of Theologically Trained Women in India in which Sugandhar also delivered a talk on the role of Women priest during one of its regional plenaries held at Jeevan Jyothi Formation Centre in Begumpet during the term of its secretary, Florence Deenadayalan, CSI, Treasurer, Johanna Rose Ratnavathi, AELC and its president, Navamani Elia Peter, MCI. Writings Sugandhar contributed to theological writings, both as a pastor and later as a bishop, among which are, 1988, Resources for Mission in Local Congregations, – this essay was contributed to the volume honouring the Old Testament Scholar, Victor Premasagar's ministry for which a commemorative volume (fetschrift) was edited by H. S. Wilson, 2001, Ecumenism: Creation's greatest challenge, – Sugandhar wrote an essay honouring the contribution of the Systematic Theologian G. Dyvasirvadam. Juridical precedence In matters of domestic enquiry, a legal case involving the Diocese of Medak is often used as a citation in matters of jurisprudence where the Supreme Court of India through its bench headed by G. T. Nanavati ruled in favour of the Diocese of Medak thereby overruling an earlier High Court of Andhra Pradesh judgement. In 1996, in the case of B. P. Sugandhar, Bishop - in - Medak Versus D. Dorothy Dayasheela Ebenezer, the manner of conduction of domestic enquiry was highly appreciated by then juridical experts and the case law continues to be used as a citation in the courts of law. Studies and ministerial formation Seminarian: