IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.7398 of 2010 Date of Decision: May 23, 2011 Pargat Singh .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS Deputy Commissioner –cum- Collector, Ferozepur & others .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Mr. B.S. Thind, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Manoj Bajaj, Additional Advocate General, Punjab, for respondent Nos.1 and 2. Mr. Harpreet Singh, Advocate, for Mr. Parampal Singh Dhaliwal, Advocate, for respondent No.3. . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) 1. This petition has been filed praying for issuance of a writ in the nature of certiorari, quashing orders dated 22.5.2009 (Annexure P-1) and 16.12.2009 (Annexure P-2), passed by respondent No.2, Sub Divisional Magistrate –cum- Assistant Collector, 1st Grade, Jalalabad, District Ferozepur; and respondent No.1 viz. Deputy Commissioner –cum- District Collector, Ferozepur, respectively. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that CWP No.7398 of 2010 [2] petitioner, Pargat Singh, is substantially younger as compared to respondent No.3, Choota Singh, and therefore, should have been appointed as Chowkidar of the village. 3. I have considered the contention of learned counsel. 4. Sub Divisional Magistrate –cum- Assistant Collector, 1st Grade, Jalalabad, vide order dated 22.5.2009 (Annexure P-1) appointed respondent No.3 as Chowkidar. Appeal filed by the petitioner has been dismissed by Deputy Commissioner -cum- District Collector, Ferozepur vide order dated 16.12.2009 (Annexure P-2). 5. It transpires that Lambardar, who is to take work from the chowkidar, recommended respondent No.3 to be appointed as Chowkidar. The other merit criteria have been found to be comparable. 6. No ground for judicial review of impugned orders in exercise of extraordinary writ jurisdiction is made out, as the orders have been passed after taking into account the relevant considerations. The impugned orders cannot be termed as perverse and therefore also, do not call for any interference. 7. The petition is dismissed. (AJAI LAMBA) May 23, 2011 JUDGE avin 1. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest?