Civil Writ Petition No. 7878 of 2010 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No. 7878 of 2010 Date of Order: 23.07.2010 Ravinder Singh ....Petitioner Versus Financial Commissioner and another ..Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIVE BHALLA Present: Mr. S.R.Vaid,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 24.08.2006, 02.05.2007 and 10.08.2009, passed by the Collector, Ambala, the Commissioner, Ambala Diivision, and the Financial Commissioner (Appeals), Haryana, respectively. Counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is the son of the deceased Lambardar, owns more land, is better educated, younger in age and, therefore, should have been appointed as the Lambardar. The order passed by the Collector appointing respondent no.4 is perverse and arbitrary. I have heard counsel for the petitioner, perused the impugned orders and find no reason to interfere with the discretion exercised by the Collector as affirmed by the appellate and the revisional authorities. As held by a Division Bench of this Court in Karnail Singh v. State of Haryana and others, 1973, P.L.J., 676, Civil Writ Petition No. 7878 of 2010 -2- hereditary claims are violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India and, therefore, the petitioner's hereditary claim was rightly rejected. As regards the respective merits, they were considered by the Collector, affirmed by the Commissioner and the Financial Commissioner. In the absence of any arbitrary or perverse exercise of discretion, the mere fact that two views may be possible on facts would not warrant interference. Dismissed July 23, 2010 (RAJIVE BHALLA) nt JUDGE