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Lambardar------   ----Appointment-Entire property of candidate in estate and not only Property in patti is to be taken into considera tion. ORDER   This order relates to the Lambardari of village Sikandrabad, District Multan, which had become vacant after the migration of non-Muslims to India. The Collector had appointed the respon dent Foroze Khan and his appointment was upheld by the learned Commissioner, Multan. The rival claimant Niaz Muhammad has come up in revision. The main point that has been argued before me is that Feroze Khan owns property which is mostly banjar and therefore not of much value. He tried to get some land by exchange in this particular patti but after the decision of the Commissioner in appeal the exchange had been cancelled. Again during the course of revision proceedings he obtained some more land in this patti by means of another exchange. It is urged that these exchanges are merely a device used by the respondent to increase his holding in order to bolster up his claim for the post. A reference in this connection to Land Revenue Rule 15 would be material. The relevant portion of this rule runs as follows:   "In all first appointments of headmen regard shall be had amongst other matters too…