IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.2658 of 2011 Date of Decision: February 14, 2011 Mohd. Harun .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Haryana & others .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Mr. B.S. Thind, Advocate, for the petitioner. . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) 1. This civil writ petition has been filed in challenge to Order dated 1.12.2009 (Annexure P-3) passed by the District Collector, Mewat (Nuh); Order dated 22.4.2010 (Annexure P-2) passed by the Commissioner, Gurgaon Division, Gurgaon; and Order dated 30.9.2010 (Annexure P-1) passed by the Financial Commissioner, Haryana. Impugned orders have been passed in context of appointment of Lambardar for village Badelki, Tehsil Nuh, District Mewat. CWP No.2658 of 2011 [2] 2. Vide Order, Annexure P-3, respondent No.5, Khurshid, was found to have relied on forged education certificate and also that he had given misleading information about ownership of land and therefore, was held to be not eligible. Collector directed registration of a criminal case against respondent No.5. 3. So far as claim of the petitioner is concerned, it has been rejected on the ground that he is ordinarily residing in Nuh and working as a painter and therefore, would not be available in the village to serve as Lambardar. 4. Petitioner and respondent No.5 carried appeals. Both the appeals have been dismissed by the Commissioner and order passed by the Collector has been upheld. Revision was filed by the petitioner which has been dismissed for reasons given in Order, Annexure P-1 passed by the Financial Commissioner. Order Annexure P-3 passed by the District Collector has been upheld. The operative part of the order reads as under:- “After considering the above observation, for the appointment of educated and eligible Lambardar of village Badelaki as per rules, the application of the eligible candidate be called and munadi be effected in the village again. Copy of this order be sent to Tehsildar Nuh and it is ordered that Criinal case under law be got registered as against Khurshid Ahmed candidate for presenting forged educational certificate.” 5. District Collector is the authority CWP No.2658 of 2011 [3] who is at district level and is required to take work from a Lambardar in accordance with Rule 20 of the Punjab Land Revenue Rules. The findings recorded by the Collector are based on relevant material and therefore, call for no interference in extraordinary writ jurisdiction. 6. The petition is dismissed. (AJAI LAMBA) February 14, 2011 JUDGE avin 1. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest?