IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civl Writ Petition No.12670 of 2011 Date of Decision : July 20, 2011. Ishar Singh .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Naresh Jain, Advocate, for the petitioner. -.- 1. Whether Reporters of Local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The petitioner applied for appointment to the post of Additional Lambardar of village Sultanpur which is reserved for the Scheduled Castes category. The petitioner came out to be the sole contender but has been held unsuitable by the Collector, Sangrur, vide order dated 11.3.2011 (Annexure P-5) on the plea that he is an illiterate person. The said order has been upheld by the higher authorities also. The Collector, Sangrur has directed that a fresh Munadi be held and the applications be invited. The aggrieved petitioner has approached this Court. It is true that a Division Bench of this Court in “Nirbhey Singh CWP No.12670 of 2011 [2] versus Financial Commissioner, Haryana, 2007 (4) RCR (Civil) 594, has observed that an illiterate person can also be appointed as a Lambardar “in the given circumstances”, however, the Division Bench has also observed that the Collector's choice in this regard should be respected. It appears from the impugned orders that the Collector has decided to make an effort to find out a better candidate and it is obvious that in case no other candidate comes forward second time also, the Collector should fill up the post by appointing the petitioner he being otherwise eligible and suitable “except on the ground of illiteracy”. With this observation, the writ petition is disposed of. Dasti. July 20, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE