CWP No. 10126 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 10126 of 2011 DATE OF DECISION: June 01, 2011 Kulwinder Singh .........PETITIONER(S) VERSUS Commissioner, Patiala Division, Patiala and others ......RESPONDENT(S) CORAM:HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA Present: Mr. Sherry K. Singla, Advocate, for the petitioner(s). AJAI LAMBA, J. (ORAL) 1. The issue raised in this petition is that Hardev Singh-respondent no. 3 could not have been appointed as Lambardar for village Gonsala, Tehsil Samrala, District Ludhiana for the reason that he is working in a telephone exchange. Learned counsel contends that the respondent shall not be able to serve effectively as Lambardar and discharge his functions as enshrined under Rule 20 of the Punjab Land Revenue Rules. 2. I have considered the contention of the learned counsel. 3. It is not in dispute that the petitioner was involved in a case FIR No. 19 dated 14.01.2006 for commission of offences under Sections 341/324/323/34 IPC, P.S. Sadar Khanna. Subsequently, the petitioner was acquitted. Be that as it may, suitability of the candidate was required to be seen. Clearly, the petitioner has not been found suitable to be appointed as Lambardar. CWP No. 10126 of 2011 2 4. So far as private respondent is concerned, case set up by the private respondent was that he is an ex-serviceman and was employed on ad hoc basis to serve as Security Guard at night. 5. No ground for interference in extra ordinary writ jurisdiction is made out as the District Collector is required to take work from a Lambardar. The respondent has been found to be most suitable to discharge the functions of a Lambardar. 6. Petition is accordingly dismissed. In case at a subsequent stage, the said respondent is found to be absent and not discharging his functions, surely, an application can be made for his dismissal from the post of Lambardar under Rule 16 of the Punjab Land Revenue Rules. 01.06.2011 (AJAI LAMBA) shivani JUDGE 1. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest?