IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.18108 of 2011 Date of Decision: September 26, 2011 Harbhajan Singh ...Petitioner Versus Financial Commissioner, Haryana, Civil Secretariat, Chandigarh & another ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RANJIT SINGH 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? Present: Mr.Surinder Singh, Advocate, for the petitioner. ***** RANJIT SINGH, J. The post of Lambardar in village Dhamoli Bichli, Tehsil Naraingarh, District Ambala fell vacant in the year 2007. Directions were issued to Halqa Patwari to get the munadi done in the village upto 18.7.2007. Halqa Patwari reported that the munadi has been got done on 12.7.2007 giving last date for submitting applications to be 18.7.2007. Four applications were received, but the petitioner alone ran and succeeded. Other three candidates withdrew the applications. The Collector appointed the petitioner, which was upheld by the Commissioner in an appeal filed by respondent No.2, who could not apply because of lack of proper notice. The Financial Commissioner has ultimately interfered in this order on the ground that even the S.D.M. had directed the Halqa Patwari to give ten days notice, whereas he had given only six days notice for making the applications. Civil Writ Petition No.18108 of 2011 :2: In my view, the time given to the persons for making applications was too inadequate, which did not lead to any competition. Even otherwise, large number of people, who may have been interested, have been deprived of chance to appointment. No case for interference in the order passed by the Financial Commissioner, thus, is made out. Dismissed. September 26, 2011 ( RANJIT SINGH ) ramesh JUDGE