SARDAR ALI KHAN, J.:- Writ appeals Nos. 1061 and 1099 of 1983 has been filed against the judgment of the learned single Judge in Writ Petition No. 7043 of 1983.

2. Writ appeal No. 1061 of 1983 has been filed by the respondent in W. P. No. 7043 of 1983 praying inter alia, that the judgment under appeal by virtue of which the writ petitioner was declared elected to the post of Sarpanch of Nampally Gram Panchayat in Nalgonda District be set aside. Writ Appeal number 1099 of 1983 has been filed by the Writ Petitioner himself on the ground that the writ petition should not have been allowed merely on the ground of invalidation of 11 ballot papers as such, and the learned single Judge should have taken into consideration all the other submissions made by the Writ Petitioner and allowed the appeal on all the other grounds urged in the Writ Petition. In both the writ appeals the subject matter of dispute is the same and common questions of fact and law arise which can be conveniently disposed of by a common judgment.

3. In order to appreciate the main point of controversy arising in this case, it would be in the fitness of things to refer briefly to the facts arising for the filing