IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH LPA No.1554 of 2011(O&M) Date of decision: 29.08.2011 Jarnail Singh …..Appellant versus State of Punjab and others ……Respondents CORAM: Hon’ble Mr.Justice Jasbir Singh Hon’ble Mr.Justice Augustine George Masih Present: Mr.Dinesh Sharma, Advocate for the appellant Jasbir Singh, J. (Oral) Dispute in this appeal relates to an appointment to the post of a Lambardar in village Jatana Niwan, tehsil Khamano, district Fatehgarh Sahib. LPA No.1554 of 2011(O&M) On accrual of a vacancy, applications were invited to fill up the post. Before the District Collector, appellant and respondent No.6 were the contesting candidates. By taking note of a fact that respondent No.6 owns more land, is a matriculate and a social worker and also that his name has been recommended by most of the people in village, vide order dated 16.4.2008, the District Collector appointed respondent No.6 as a Lambardar in the village. Appeal and revision filed by the appellant were dismissed by the Commissioner and the Financial Commissioner vide orders dated 22.9.2009 and 5.5.2011 respectively. Thereafter, the appellant came to this Court by filing CWP No.12720 of 2011, which was also dismissed by the learned Single Judge vide order dated 21.7.2011. Hence, this appeal. We have gone through the orders passed by the authorities below and also by the learned Single Judge and are convinced that on merits, respondent No.6 is a better candidate as compared to the appellant. Otherwise also, as per established law, Collector’s choice is not to be interfered with until and unless, it is perverse in law and on facts. Nothing has been shown in that regard. Dismissed. (Jasbir Singh) Judge 29.08.2011 (Augustine George Masih) gk Judge 2