CWP No.8051 of 2010 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA, CHANDIGARH ***** CWP No.8051 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision: 22.03.2011 Kulwinder Singh … Petitioner Versus The Financial Commissioner and Ors. … Respondents ***** CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA Present: Mr. Arvind Singh, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. GS Attariwala, Addl. AG, Punjab. Mr. Amandeep Soni, Advocate, for respondent No.4. ***** AJAI LAMBA, J. (ORAL) 1. For appointment of Lambardar for Village Talwandi Kuka, Tehsil Bholath, District Kapurthala, applications were called for. Respondent No.4 Balvir Singh has been appointed as Lambardar by the District Collector, Kapurthala vide order dated 22nd October, 2008 (Annexure P-1). The petitioner carried an appeal against the said order. The Commissioner, Jalandhar Division, Jalandhar dismissed the appeal vide order dated 26th August, 2009 (Annexure P-3). The petitioner further carried a revision, which has been dismissed by Financial Commissioner vide order dated 26th February, 2010 (Annexure P-5). All the three orders have been challenged in this petition. 2. The comparative merit of the petitioner and respondent No.4 has been considered by the authorities while holding respondent No.4 as more suitable person for appointment as Lambardar. This Court in judicial review CWP No.8051 of 2010 (O&M) -2- does not find any reason to interfere with the well-reasoned orders. 3. Contention of the learned counsel for the petitioner that respondent No.4 had caused some loss to Panchayat, is not borne out from the record. There is no indictment of respondent No.4, and no case is pending against him. 4. The petition is, accordingly, dismissed. MARCH 22, 2011 ( AJAI LAMBA ) Rajan JUDGE 1. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest?