Civil Writ Petition No. 2976 of 2010 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No. 2976 of 2010 Date of Order: 26.03.2010 Ranjit Singh ....Petitioner Versus The Financial Commissioner and others ..Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIVE BHALLA Present: Mr. Jasbir Singh Dadwal,Advocate for the petitioner RAJIVE BHALLA, J (Oral). The petitioner prays for issuance of a writ in the nature of certiorari for quashing the orders dated 10.02.2009, 25.03.2008 and 01.06.2007, passed by the Financial Commissioner Revenue, Punjab, Chandigarh, the Commissioner, Patiala Division, Patiala and The District Collector, Ludhiana, respectively, appointing Jagdev Singh, respondent no.4 as the Lambardar. Counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is the more meritorious candidate and even otherwise as Jagdev Singh is a resident of village Guruserkonke he cannot be appointed as the Lambardar of village Konkekalan I have heard counsel for the petitioner, perused the impugned orders and find no reason to hold that revenue authorities have committed any error as would require interference. The merits of the parties have been weighed by the Collector, Commissioner and the Financial Commissioner. They Civil Writ Petition No. 2976 of 2010 -2- have concurrently held that Jagdev Singh is the more meritorious candidate. The petitioner's grievance that as Jagdev Singh does not belong to Village Konkekalan, he cannot be appointed as Lambardar cannot be accepted, in view of the finding recorded by the Financial Commissioner that the abadi of Village Gurusarkonke is a part of Village Konkekalan. In view of what has been stated hereinabove, the writ petition is dismissed. March 26, 2010 (RAJIVE BHALLA) nt JUDGE