KartA can certainly prostrate the priest even when the priest is younger than him while offering sambhavana.
Srivaishnava-s can certainly prostrate before another Srivaishnava who is younger. But abhivadanam is not performed before a younger Srivaishnava. And he will also not do the pratyabhivadanam. Pratyabhivadanam means blessing the other person. But one is justified in prostrating a younger Srivaishnava.