编辑同志： 　　我父亲与邻村田某发生口角遭田某殴打致伤，在乡司法所主持调解下，田某愿意赔偿我父亲医药费、误工费等 500元。后来乡司法所负责人告诉我父亲，乡司法所向田某要不来钱，让我父亲起诉到法院。请问乡司法所主持达成的调解协议有法律约束力吗 ?我父亲是否应该向 Editor’s Comrade: Tian Tianmou, my father and his village, suffered a beating and wounding at his mouth. Under the mediation presided over by the Township Judiciary, Tianmou was willing to pay 500 yuan for my father’s medical expenses and lost work time. Later, the person in charge of the Township Department of Justice told my father that the township judicial department should not come to Tianmou for money and let my father sue to the court. Will the Justice Department presided over the mediation agreement legally binding? My father should be to