Civil Writ Petition No.1262 of 2009 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.1262 of 2009 Date of Order: 22.02.2010. Pat Ram Singh ....Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others ..Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIVE BHALLA Present: Mr. Balraj Gujjar,Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Ashok Jindal, AAG, Haryana for respondents No.1 and 2. Mr. J.S.Beniwal, Advocate for respondent no.3. RAJIVE BHALLA, J (Oral). The Collector after considering the merits, appointed respondent no.3 as a Lambardar. The Commissioner, Hissar Division, Hissar, vide order dated 07.04.2008, set aside the order of Collector, remitted the matter to the Collector to decide whether respondent no.3 has committed default in payment of a loan to the Co-operative Society Madh Madhvi. The Financial Commissioner, accepted the appeal, filed by respondent no.3, set aside the order passed by the Commissioner and directed the appointment of respondent no.3 as the Lambardar. Counsel for the parties are ad-idem that in view of the allegation relating to default in the re-payment of a loan, it would be appropriate that the order passed by the Financial Commissioner be Civil Writ Petition No.1262 of 2009 -2- set aside, the order passed by the Commissioner, Hisar Division, Hisar,remitting the matter to the Collector, be affirmed. In view of these agreement between counsel for the petitioner and counsel for respondent no.3, the writ petition is allowed, the order dated 18.12.2008, passed by the Financial Commissioner, is set aside and the order dated 7.4.2008 passed by the Commissioner, Hissar Division, Hissar is affirmed. Parties are directed to appear before the Collector, Bhiwani on 29.03.2010, for adjudication of the matter, in accordance with law. During the pendency of the dispute before the Collector, Bhiwani, status quo shall be maintained with respect to the functioning/working of the Lambardar. February 22, 2010 (RAJIVE BHALLA) nt JUDGE