IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.6199 of 2011 Date of Decision: April 07, 2011 Jaswinder Singh .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS Financial Commissioner (Appeals-I), Punjab & others .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Mr. Amit Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioner. . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) 1. Without doubt, respondent No.4 (Basant Singh) being a matriculate is more educated than the petitioner and therefore, has been considered more suitable by Collector for appointment of Lambardar for village Bishnandi, Tehsil Jaito, District Faridkot, vide Order dated 22.4.2008 (Annexure P-1). 2. Commissioner, Faridkot Division, Faridkot, vide Order dated 27.5.2009 (Annexure P-2) upset the order (Annexure P-1) passed by CWP No.6199 of 2011 [2] Collector merely on the ground that name of the petitioner had been recommended by the revenue authorities. Commissioner allowed the appeal filed by the petitioner also on the ground that respondent No.4 Basant Singh had encroached upon the land of Gram Panchayat. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has not been able to draw attention of the Court towards any document that would indicate encroachment of gram panchayat land by respondent No.4. Even, Collector has considered this aspect of the matter and has held that no document or evidence in the context has been produced. 4. The Financial Commissioner (Appeals-I), Punjab, vide Order dated 23.12.2010 (Annexure P-3) accepted the revision filed by respondent No.4 on the ground that Collector had made appointment after comparing merit of various candidates. Respondent No.4 was found to be the most appropriate candidate. 5. No illegality can be traced in the order passed by the Financial Commissioner. No demerit is attached to the case of respondent No.4. In such circumstances, when a possible view has been taken by Collector and the Financial Commissioner, no ground for interference in exercise of extraordinary writ jurisdiction is CWP No.6199 of 2011 [3] made out. 6. The petition is dismissed. (AJAI LAMBA) April 07, 2011 JUDGE avin 1. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest?