HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.21714 of 2007 Date : 13.10.2011 Between : M. Satyanarayana. …..Petitioner And The Gram Panchayat, Peddapally, rep. by its Sarpanch & others. …..Respondents HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.21714 of 2007 ORDER : In this writ petition, the petitioner seeks directions by way of Mandamus, directing the 1st respondent-Grampanchayat to pay the amount due to him on account of hire charges for hiring his Tractor for supply of drinking water to Peddapally village. It is the case of the petitioner that his Tractor was engaged by the 1st respondent-Grampanchayat in the year 2005, for the purpose of supplying drinking water. It is stated that though the rates were fixed per trip, inspite of using the Tractor of the petitioner, hire charges are not being paid. In the counter, while denying the allegations of the petitioner, it is stated that the petitioner and others have filed suits for recovery of money before the learned Senior Civil Judge, Peddapally and some have filed suits at Karimnagar. So far as petitioner is concerned, it is stated that he has filed a suit in O.S.No.9 of 2006, which was dismissed on 26.06.2010. Though the present writ petition is filed in the year 2007, the petitioner has not disclosed the factum of filing suit in O.S.No.9 of 2006 for recovery of money. In that view of the matter, the writ petition is liable to be dismissed for suppression of material fact. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed. No order as to costs. ______________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J 13th October 2011 ajr