IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 18307 of 2009 Date of Decision: 30.11.2009 Balkaran Singh ....Petitioner. Versus Financial Commissioner, Punjab and others ...Respondents. CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR MITTAL. PRESENT: Mr. Amit Aggarwal, Advocate for the petitioner. None for the caveator-respondent No.3. AJAY KUMAR MITTAL, J. In this petition filed under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner has prayed for issuance of a writ of certiorari quashing the orders dated 8.9.2009 (Annexure P-4) passed by respondent No.1, dated 5.11.2008 (Annexure P-3) passed by respondent No.2, dated 23.10.2007 (Annexure P-2) passed by respondent No.3 and the report dated 24.8.2007 (Annexure P-1) prepared by respondent No.3 whereby the claim of the petitioner for appointment as Lambardar in Village Loolbai, District Bathinda, was declined. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner belongs to the same patti of which the Lambardar is to be appointed and, therefore, he has a preferential rights vis-a-vis respondent No.5 who does not belong to that patti. He further submits that the petitioner is more qualified as compared to respondent No.5. CWP No. 18307 of 2009 -2- I have heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and have perused the record with his assistance. All the three authorities on appraisal of rival claim made by the petitioner and respondent No.5 held respondent No.5 to be a better candidate for being appointed as Lambardar than the petitioner. This Court cannot substitute its opinion in place of the satisfaction of the authorities unless the orders passed by them are shown to be suffering from any illegality or perversity and have been passed on extraneous or irrelevant consideration. Accordingly, there is no merit in the instant writ petition and the same is hereby dismissed in limine. November 30, 2009 (AJAY KUMAR MITTAL) gbs JUDGE