THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.7089 of 2011 Date:18.03.2011 Between: Chinta David Raja Reddy ..... Petitioner AND The Principal Secretary, Panchayat Raj, Hyderabad and others .....Respondents Counsel for the Petitioner: Sri K.Sai Krishna Mohan Rao Counsel for Respondents: Assistant Government Pleader for Panchayat Raj The Court made the following: ORDER: Feeling aggrieved by the inaction of the respondents in compensating the petitioner for the alleged loss sustained by him on account of damage to the private church constructed by him, he has filed the present writ petition. In support of his submission that while carrying out drainage work by Balabhadrapuram Gram Panchayat, Bhikkavolu Mandal, East Godavari District, his church has developed cracks affecting its safety, the petitioner placed reliance on the endorsement dated 31.03.2008 of the District Panchayat Officer. In my opinion, the question whether the private church of the petitioner suffered damage in the course of execution of drainage work by the Gram Panchayat concerned and if so, to what extent such damage was caused are the aspects which need to be adjudicated by the competent civil Court on appreciation of evidence that may be placed by the parties. The claim of the petitioner is in the nature of compensation for tortious liability, which requires to be adjudicated by the competent civil Court. Therefore, while declining to interfere with the dispute raised in this writ petition, the petitioner is permitted to file a civil suit before the appropriate Court for redressal of his grievance. The Writ Petition is accordingly dismissed with liberty to the petitioner as above. As a sequel to dismissal of the writ petition, W.P.M.P.No.8847 of 2011 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is dismissed as infructuous. ________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 18th March, 2011 GHN