In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh LPA No. 265 of 2009 Date of Decision: September 8, 2009 Ishwer Singh …Appellant Versus State of Haryana and others …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M. KUMAR HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH Present: Mr. Ashish Gupta, Advocate, for the appellant. 1. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? M.M. KUMAR, J. The instant appeal filed under Clause X of the Letters Patent is directed against judgment dated 18.2.2009 of the learned Single Judge rendered in C.W.P. No. 2621 of 2009. The dispute herein pertains to filling up the position of village Lambardar (Village Headman) from General Category. It is not disputed that the names of Sarvshri Ved Parkash, Shamsher Singh, Surender Singh and Ishwar Singh (present appellant) were considered by the Collector in the light of Rule 15 of the Land Revenue Rules. He found that Surinder Singh is the most suitable candidate. Names of various other persons including that of the appellant-petitioner were rejected. LPA No. 265 of 2009 The principal ground of rejection is that the appellant-petitioner has been taking part in political activities, which would obviously not be conducive of the congenial atmosphere of the residents of the village. The order of the Collector was challenged before the Commissioner, Rohtak Division and the appeal filed by the appellant-petitioner was dismissed. Likewise, the Financial Commissioner also upheld the aforesaid order. We have heard learned counsel at some length and are of the view that the judgment of learned Single Judge does not warrant any interference because if the appellant-petitioner has been found to be indulging in political activities then it would not be conducive for the village atmosphere to remain congenial. His name has been considered by the Collector on the basis of data available before him. In view of above, the appeal does not warrant admission and the same is accordingly dismissed. (M.M. KUMAR) JUDGE (JASWANT SINGH) September 8, 2009 JUDGE Pkapoor 2