LPA No.721 of 2009(O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. LPA No.721 of 2009 Date of decision 13 .8.2009 Phiray Chand ... Appellant Versus The State of Haryana and others ... Respondents. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M. KUMAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH Present: Mr. Vikram Punia ,Advocate for the appellant 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgement ? 2. To be referred to the Reporter or not ? 3. Whether the judgement should be reported in the Digest ? M.M.KUMAR, J. This appeal filed under Clause X of the Letters Patent is directed against the order dated 23.4.2009 passed by the learned Single Judge of this Court in CWP No.6150 of 2009. The matter pertains to appointment to the office of village Lambardar (Headman) of village Basantpur. Respondent no. 4 Jai Kishan was recommended for appointment to the office of Lambardar by the Collector after considering the competing claims of the petitioner-appellant as well as others. Accordingly respondent no.4 was appointed on 28.4.2007 . Against the appointment of respondent no.4, the petitioner-appellant had filed appeal and then revision. However, he has not succeeded at any forum because on comparison the petitioner- appellant has been found to be illiterate as against respondent no.4 who is a matriculate. Moreover, the petitioner- appellant is involved in a criminal case registered under Section 379 IPC read with Section 411 IPC. The LPA No.721 of 2009(O&M) 2 argument of the petitioner-appellant that he has hereditary claims in terms of Rule 15 of the Punjab Land Revenue Rules ( as applicable to Haryana) has been rejected by the learned Single Judge holding that hereditary claim cannot be given primacy over all other matters like education, age and character etc. After hearing learned counsel at a considerable length we find that the instant appeal is without merit and the order of the learned Single Judge holding the view taken by the departmental authorities does not suffer from any legal infirmity warranting interference of this Court. Accordingly, the appeal fails and the same is dismissed. (M.M.Kumar) Judge (Jaswant Singh) 13.8.2009 Judge okg