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| 1959 SLG 4262 = 1959 SLD 4262 = 1959 PLD 91 |
West Pakistan
Revision Side No. 162 of 1956-57, decided on 8th April 1957, District Montgomery.
Presented By: H. A. Majid
A. R. Niazi for Petitioner.
Revision Side No. 162 of 1956-57, decided on 8th April 1957, District Montgomery.
Presented By: H. A. Majid
A. R. Niazi for Petitioner.
ASGHAR ALI-Petitioner
VERSUS
SARDAR KHAN RAJPUT and another-Respondents
Law:
Section:
(a) Lambardari--- Claim to hereditary right in consequence of relinquishment of right by cousins whose father was a Lambardar in India--No ground for preferring over rival candidate who himself was Lambardar in India. (b) Lambardari--- Candidate with only 2 acres holding pre ferred to one owning a large holding but with an adverse police report. ORDER The petitioner claims that he has a hereditary title of a Lambardari appointment, because his uncle was a Lambardar in India and his cousins, who are the sons of his uncle and are now settled in the Multan district, have given a statement in writing to the effect that they would not seek any Lambardari appointment in Pakistan. This is rather, a tortuous claim, but in any ' case this fact does not afford the petitioner any preference over the respondent who was himself a Lambardar in India before migrating to this country. The petitioner has a large holding and might have been preferred on that account, but the fact that the Police report is adverse to him does away with the right to that preference. He was suspected by the Police in a dacoity case so much so that he remained absconding for some time. His papers have been kept by the Police in…