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February 1957, District Lyallpur.   Lambardar---Appointment---Tribal basis---Several incumbrancies---Candidates from more than one tribe may be appointed in the interest of satisfaction of villagers as a whole.   ORDER   The holding of the petitioner in this estate is 7 acres whereas the holding of the respondent is only 4 acres. The respondent has 8 acres in Chak No. 205 G. B., which is 4 miles away. He has pro bably to get some more land confirmed in his favour in some other village either in this district or in some other district.   The respondent has two advantages over the petitioner, viz.:-   He is literate whereas the petitioner is not; and   The respondent belongs to the Jat tribe which is the majority tribe in the Patti.   The above mentioned advantages are to some extent washed away by the fact that the respondent's residence in this village at the time when the Collector appointed him Lambardar was doubtful. The respondent admittedly started living in Chak No. 205 G. B., on migrating from India, because his father had left his residential property in that estate. The respondent has not so far succeeded in obtaining a…