Case Details

Citation(s)
1957 SLG 215 1957 SLD 215 = 1957 PLD 71
West Punjab
  Appellate Side No. 28 of 1956-57, decided on 14th March 1957: District Lyallpur.
Before H. A. Majid, Member, Board of Revenue, West Pakistan
Siraj-ud-Din Ahmad for Petitioner.   Muhammad Nadir for
Respondent.

GHULAM QADIR-Petitioner

VERSUS

MUHAMMAD ALI-Respondent

Law:

Section:

PLD1957 W. P. (Rev.) 71       Lambardar-------   -----Appointment-Candidate having some distinc tion in comparison to other should not be ignored merely on account of his default in realizing land revenue in his capacity as temporary Lambardar.     ORDER   H. A. MAJID.--------I find that it will be necessary to inter fere in revision in this case, because I have formed the opinion that the Commissioner did not have adequate justification for upsetting the appointment made by the Collector.   The petitioner was the Collector's choice and the Commis sioner decided to upset his appointment in the following terms :-   The respondent worked as a temporary Lambardar and the record shows that he defaulted from time to time. The Naib Tahsildar has reported that in spite of warning, the respondent defaulted and so he should not be appointed. The Tahsildar and the Revenue Assistant made recommendations in similar terms. It is true that the respondent has paid up the arrears but it is important to remember that a person tries to do his best while he works as a temporary Lambardar and especially when his permanent appointment is approaching. It would, thus appear that in this case the best that the respondent could do was…
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