The judges held a protest march on Sunday, gathering at Amaraveerula Stupam, a martyrs' memorial, and threatened mass resignation.
A day after the judges of Telangana came out in protest against what they call the "rule" of their counterparts from Andhra Pradesh, their leaders got suspended.
K Ravinder Reddy, a judge and the president of the Telangana Judicial Officers' Association, was suspended on Monday along with another judge, Varaprasad, general secretary of the association.
On Sunday, 130 judges from across 10 districts of Telangana -- junior civil judges, senior civil judges and district judges -- held a protest march in Hyderabad. They said they will resign if their demands were not met by July 7.
The judges are protesting against last month's allocation of more than 200 judges of Andhra Pradesh to the Telangana judiciary. They want the order to be withdrawn.
Today advocates and lawyers shouted slogans outside the gates of the Hyderabad High Court. Several other organisations issued letters of support for them. More protest activities have been scheduled for Tuesday.
"They kept no vacancy in Telangana while keeping vacancies in Andhra Pradesh," a letter issued by the judges' association on Sunday read. Junior officers were "intentionally" allocated to Telangana to deprive promotion to Telangana judges, "to rule Telangana judiciary and to protect their men and property".
"We feel we are working under the High Court of Andhra Pradesh and not under the High Court of both states," the letter added.
The lower courts in the state have not functioned since June 6 and even work at the High Court has suffered on June 13 after a token boycott by the high court judges.
Taking a serious view of the disruptions, the high court registrar has written to the government, which said security measures have to be put in place to ensure there is no law and order problem on the court premises and disruption in the court proceedings.