CWP No.1195 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH CWP No.1195 of 2010 Date of decision January 25 , 2010 Ranjit Singh ....... Petitioner Versus The Financial Commissioner Revenue, Punjab and another ........ Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN Present:- Mr. Sherry K Singla, Advocate for the petitioner. **** K. Kannan, J (oral). 1. The plea made on behalf of the petitioner is that in the impugned order of the Financial Commissioner, there is a direction for remand of the case to the Collector for consideration for appointment to the post of Lambardar. The grievance of the petitioner is that the order states that the petitioner is not a resident of the village and therefore he will not be easily available. Learned counsel for the petitioner refers to the provision of Section 15 of the Punjab Land Revenue Rules, 2008 that sets out the qualification and the relevant matters to be considered. There is no residential requirement spelt out under the relevant rule for appointment to the post of Lambardar. His prayer is only that the Collector shall consider the suitability of the candidature of the petitioner also and not reject him at the threshold by the observations made by the Financial Commissioner. I hasten to pass an order even without serving a notice to the respondent only by the compelling circumstances that any pendency of the case may further delay the process of selection and cause inconvenience for the revenue administration in a village. The observations of the Financial Commissioner keeping the petitioner out of consideration is set aside. CWP No.1195 of 2010 2 The Collector shall consider the candidature of all the persons who fulfill the eligibility criteria laid down under the relevant provisions of the Act and the rules and more particularly Rule 15 of the 2008 rules referred to above. 2. The writ petition is ordered as above modifying the directions given by the Financial Commissioner which is impugned in the writ petition as above. (K. KANNAN) JUDGE January 25, 2010 archana