Civil Writ Petition No.5082 of 2010 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.5082 of 2010 Date of Order: 22.03.2010 Jagjit Singh ....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ..Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIVE BHALLA Present: Ms. Satpreet Kaur Grewal,Advocate for the petitioner RAJIVE BHALLA, J (Oral). The petitioner prays for issuance of a writ in the nature of certiorari for quashing the orders dated 05.12.2007, 02.06.2005 and 26.07.2004, passed by the Financial Commissioner, Appeals-II, Punjab, the Collector, Hoshiarpur and the Commissioner, Jalandhar Division, Jalandhar, respectively appointing Kulwant Singh, respondent no.5 as the Lambardar. Counsel for the petitioner submits that Kulwant Singh could not be selected as he is a defaulter, as is apparent from the certificate, Annexure P-1 issued by the Field Officer, Housefed Chandigarh and as his son is facing trial in two criminal cases. The petitioner's candidature was rejected on the ground that he is not a resident of the village, a finding that is contrary to the record as the petitioner has remained a panch of the Gram Panchayat and Director of the Cooperative Society. I have heard counsel for the petitioner, perused the Civil Writ Petition No.5082 of 2010 -2- impugned orders and find no reason to hold in favour of the petitioner. The Collector, the Commissioner and the Financial Commissioner have held that Kulwant Singh, respondent no.5 is the better candidate. The factual findings are neither arbitrary, nor perverse. The allegation that respondent Kulwant Singh, is a defaulter remains unsubstantiated for want of any cogent evidence. The certificate issued by the Field Officer, Housefed does not contain particulars of the default, the amount due, the instalments that have not been paid and was even otherwise not pressed into service before the revenue officers. Another argument relating to criminal trial being faced by Kulwant Singh's son, must necessarily fail as infractions by his son cannot visit him with adverse consequences. Dismissed. March 22, 2010 (RAJIVE BHALLA) nt JUDGE