IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civl Writ Petition No.14421 of 2011 Date of Decision : August 09, 2011. Jagdev Singh .....Petitioner versus Divisional Commissioner, Patiala Division and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.G.S.Nagra, 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 controversy in this case pertains to appointment of a Lambardar of village Badarpur, Tehsil Kharar, District SAS Nagar Mohali. The petitioner and respondent No.3 both are the real brothers and sons of the deceased Lambardar-Karam Singh. The Collector, SAS Nagar Mohali has given preference to respondent No.3 who is the petitioner's elder brother, after observing that respondent No.3 is 61 years old, has passed 4th class, is an agriculturist who resides in the village and bears a good character as well as owns six acre of land. The petitioner is also having the equivalent merit as he is 47 years old and has passed 10th class. The Collector in such a situation has given CWP No.14421 of 2011 [2] preference to respondent No.3 for the reason that he has been working as a Sarbrah Lambardar of the village for about 10 years and has the experience of the duties of a Lambardar. The petitioner's appeal has also been turned down by the Commissioner, Patiala Division, Patiala vide order dated 13.4.2011 (Annexure P-5). It is the settled law that in the matter of appointment of a Lambardar, ordinarily the choice of the Collector should prevail unless found to be tainted with perversity. Even if the petitioner and respondent No.3 are of equivalent merit, no error can be said to have been committed by the Collector in giving preference to respondent No.3. No interference with the impugned order is called for by this Court in exercise of its writ jurisdiction. Dismissed. August 09, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE