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  (a) Lambardar----   Appointment----Appointment of absentee----Un desirable--- -Mere fact that candidate was Lambardar in two villages in East Punjab before partition-Does not mean that he should be appointed Lambardar in two villages in Pakistan.   (b) Lambardar---   Duties of Lambardar: Not merely to collect revenue but to assist the local authorities in numerous other ways.   (c) Lambardar---   Whether can collect revenue through his agents.  ORDER   This is an appeal against the order of the Commissioner Lahore Division, dated 4-4-57, setting aside the order of the Collector, Sialkot, dated 28-5-56, whereby Sultan Ahmad, appellant was appointed Lambardar of village Jand Sahi, Tahsil Daska, District Sialkot.   I have heard Mr. M. Naqi Chaudhry Advocate with the petitioner and Mr. Abdul Qayyum, Advocate with the respondent.   The vacancy had occurred owing to the migration of the non-Muslim Lambardar to East Punjab. The petitioner is a Gujjar and has been allotted 138 kanals of land in this village. There are five other Gujjar families, who have been allotted 100 acres of land in this Patti. He has no hereditary claims to the appointment.   The respondent is a Rajput, who has been allotted 997 kanals of land in this village. He is a Matriculate. He was also a Lambardar in his previous village in East Punjab. In fact it is claimed that he was Lambardar in two villages. Ten Rajput families have settled in this Patti and have been allotted 240 acres of land.   The respondent is undoubtedly a superior candidate in every respect to the petitioner but he has already been appointed a Lambardar in Chak Gallan, Tahsil Wazirabad, district Gujranwala. This village according to the Collector is at a distance of three or four miles from village Jand Sahi and at a distance of one mile according to…