SWARAN DASS vs FINANCIAL COMMISSIONER (APPEALS) AND OTHERS

CWP-14433-2023 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** 204 CWP-14433-2023 (O&M) Date of decision: 01.05.2026 Swaran Dass ..…Petitioner Versus Financial Commissioner (Appeals), Punjab and others ..…Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSH BUNGER ***** Present: Mr. Gagneshwar Walia, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Navneet Singh, Addl. A.G. Punjab Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Banga, Advocate for respondent No.4. ***** HARSH BUNGER J. (ORAL) Prayer in the instant writ petition filed under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India is for issuance of a writ in the nature of Certiorari for setting aside the order dated 16.01.2023 (Annexure P-4) passed by the learned Financial Commissioner (Appeals), Punjab. 2. Briefly, upon demise of Sh. Darshan Lal, previous Lambardar (SC) of village Madar, Tehsil Jalandhar-2, District Jalandhar, proceedings were initiated for filing up the vacancy, wherein the present petitioner (Swaran Dass) and respondent No.4 (Gurpal Singh) were also the candidates. 2.1. Learned Naib Tehsildar and as well as learned Tehsildar, Jalandhar, recommended the candidature of the present petitioner for DINESH 2026.05.05 11:26 I attest to the accurac