Law: Punjab Land Revenue Rules, 1968

Section: 15

  Punjab Land Revenue Rules, r.15 - Lambardar -Appointment-Land owned by person to be taken into considera tion.   Lambardar - Appointment - Candidate cannot have preference because of his being member -of Union Council.   Practice-Concurrent findings of fact by Collector and Commissioner-Not interfered with.   ORDER   This is a revision filed against an order dated the 18th of February 1964, passed by the Commissioner, Multan Division, whereby the- petitioner was dismissed.   The facts of the case are that originally there were four Lambardars in the village. One of them Subedar Noor Muhammad died and the question of filling in this vacancy came up for consideration. Seven persons including the parties applied for the post. Out of the existing Lambardars one was a Christian, the other was a Pathan and the third was a Jat. The deceased was a Rajput but the Rajputs had ceased to be majority community as the number of Gujars had become greater. The case was decided under rule 17.1 of the Punjab Land Revenue Rules and the sons of the deceased Lambardar were ignored being absentees and on account of the fact that there had been a murder in the family. Ultimately, .the Collector selected the respondent. The petitioner as well as Muhammad Ashraf (son of the deceased Lambardar) filed appeals before the Commissioner but they were dismissed. Only Khan, petitioner has come upon revision.   I have heard the learned counsel for the petitioner. His contention is that Wilayat Khan is not a Jat, but a Rajput. In the first instance there is nothing on record to substantiate this assertion. In the second it is inconceivable that out of the previous four Lambardars two would be Rajputs namely, the deceased Lambardar as well as Wilayat Khan. I,…