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P L D 1957 W. P. (Rev.) 57       (a) Lambardar------   -----Appointment-Preference may be given to candidate for his past services in his old district.   (b) Lambardar-------   -----Living permanently in town, but also having residential accommodation in village abadi--Village contiguous to town-Not absentee.     ORDER   H. A. MAJID.------There is no doubt that the holding of the petitioner in the village in question is as large as that of the respondent. The reason for this was that there was a limit of 7 acres imposed in respect of all allotments in the village which was a congested one. Both the petitioner and the respondent have other allotments in one other village each in the Lyallpur district. The respondent however, is a very much more substantial Zamindar than the petitioner.   There is no doubt that the petitioner belongs to the majority community in this Patti. The respondent's com munity, however, is quite substantial though it is a minority. The respondent was such a substantial rural leader in the Hoshiarpur district that he deserves some consideration out of the ordinary. He was a Zaildar and a Lambardar in a number of estates and was an active worker in the interest of rural welfare. It was, thus, quite justified on the part of the Collector to prefer him to the petitioner,   The Collector and the Commissioner looked…