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P L D 1957 W. P. (Rev.) 49        Lambardar----   ---Candidate fined for not making report about case of small pox-No disqualification for appointment as Lambardar.     ORDER   H. A. MAJID.--------The Commissioner interfered in this case and replace the present petitioner by appointment of the respondent as Lambardar in this estate constituted by a number of Graduate grants. The main reason advanced by the Commissioner was that the present petitioner had once been convicted for negligence of duty and fined Rs. 5. It has since been ascertained that the conviction was under the Chaukidara Rules framed under section 39-A of the Punjab Laws Act, and related to the omission- on the part of the present petitioner to make a report about a case of small pox in the estate. . The petitioner was not the Lambardar at the time though the Collector had given the Dhal Bachh to him for recovering the land revenue. It is, therefore, not understood why he was considered liable under the Punjab Laws Act. The Magistrate who tried him has recorded in his register of summary trials that he had pleaded guilty and was warned after he had been…