Law: Punjab Land Revenue Rules, 1968

Section: 17,18(2)(c),22

Law: Pakistan Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Rules, 1976

Section: 175

(a)    Punjab Land Revenue Rules, 1968-------Rr. 17 & 18(2)(c)---Village Headman (lambardar), appointment of---Scope--Petitioner (erstwhile lambardar wanting his son to be new lambardar) challenged appointment of the respondent as new lambardar replacing him (petitioner)--Validity---Record revealed that the very credentials of the petitioner remained under question throughout the proceedings as he (petitioner) had presented a document dated 08.02.1983, showing his appointment as sarbarah lambardar, however, he could never produce any certified copy of the same---Moreover, in constitution of the School Council Committee, he (petitioner), succeeded in inserting his name as member by tampering of the record, with the connivance of a teacher in the School---Record revealed that the petitioner was an encroacher over State land, and was also involved in different cases and as a consequence, threeFIRs had been registered against him---In one of the said FIRs the petitioner had been acquitted whereas, rest of the two were still pending for decision---MemberBoard of Revenue upheld the impugned orders, appointing the respondent as lambardar (Village Headman), passed by the District Collector as well as the Commissioner---Revision petition filed by erstwhile lamardar, being merit-less, was dismissed in circumstances.(b)    Punjab Land Revenue Rules, 1968-------Rr. 17 & 18(2)(c)---Appointment of new Village Headman (lambardar)---Old age of existing lambardar---Effect---Petitioner (erstwhile lambardar wanting his son to be new lambardar) challenged appointment of the respondent as new lambardar replacing him (petitioner)---Validity---Petitioner was an old man of more than of 70 years of age with poor health and was not in a position to perform duties of lambardar---Despite having been asked/called by (this) Court to appear in-person before Court, he could not appear in person---Statement of the petitioner recorded before the concerned District Collector in a case for appointment of his son revealed that he (petitioner), while expressing his wish for appointment of his son as his sarbarah lambardar, showed his unavailability…