Appointment

Appointment: Land Revenue Rules, 1968
Rule 17. Matters to be considered in first appointment.-In all first appointments of headmen regard shall be had among other matters to.(a) the hereditary claims of the candidate; (b) extent of property in the estate, if there are no sub-divisions of the estate, and in case there be sub-divisions of the estate, the extent of the property in the subdivision for which appointment is to be made possessed by the candidate; 1. PLD 1999 SC 484. services rendered to the Government by him or by his family; (d) his personal influence, character, ability and freedom from indebtedness; (e) the strength and importance of the community from which selection of a headman is to be made; (f) his ability to undergo training in Civil Defence in the case of headmen in Tehsils situated along the Border.
17. Matters to be considered in the first appointment28.(1) In the first appointment of a headman (Lambardar), following matters shall be considered and the maximum marks to be assigned against each item are as under: (a) Hereditary claim of the candidate Maximum Marks 30 i. First blood 30 Marks ii. Second blood 15 Marks (b) Candidates community in the estate Maximum Marks 30 or sub-division of the estate for which appointment is to be made. 30 Overwhelming i.
15 Second largest iii. Marks majority (c) Extent of property of the candidate in Maximum Marks 10 the estate or sub-division of the estate for which appointment is to be made. i. Five acres or more 10 Marks ii. Less than five acres 05 Marks 27 Substituted by Board of Revenue, Punjabs notification No.3969-73/1492-LR-II, dated 29th June, 1973, published in the Gazette of Punjab, Extraordinary, June 29, 1973, for the figure, words and commas 35 paisa, per head, with the minimum of 50 paisa. 28 Substituted by Board of Revenue, Punjabs notification No. 881-2010/397-LR-II, dated 20th April, 2010. In exercise of the powers conferred under section 36 of the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1967 (XVII of 1967), with the previous approval of the Government and after previous publication vide notification No. 3724-2009/1436-LR-II, dated 4th November, 2009 published in the Punjab Weekly Gazette Part-I dated 16th December, 2009.
(d) Educational qualifications of the candidate. Maximum Marks 10 i. Secondary School Certificate,10 Marks Equivalent or above. ii. Literate i.e. able to 05 Marks read and write Urdu (e) Personal character, ability and influence Maximum Marks 10 of the candidate and his freedom from indebtedness. (f) Quality of farming of the candidate in Marks revenue estate Maximum 10 the
(2) On receipt of a proposal regarding the appointment of a headman from the Tehsildar, the Collector shall hold Ijlas-e-Aam in the Revenue Estate and submit to the District Collector his report and recommendations concerning each item under sub-rule (1) and the marks awarded to each candidate. (3) On receipt of a report and recommendations of the Collector, the District Collector shall give an opportunity of hearing to all the candidates, give his own findings on the report and recommendations of the Collector and pass orders regarding selection of the candidate keeping in view the marks obtained by each candidate according to the criteria laid down in sub-rule (1). 19. Matters to be considered in appointment of successor.- (1) In an estate or sub- division thereof, owned chiefly or altogether by Government, the successor to the office of headman shall be selected, with due regard to all the considerations, other than hereditary claims, in rule 17. (2) In other estates, the successor to the office of headman shall be selected with due regard to all the considerations mentioned in rule 17. (3) Election shall not, in any case, be resorted to as an aid in making appointments. TEMPORARY APPOINTMENT: 20. Appointment of revenue farmers and
mortgagees as headmen.- (1) Where an office of headman becomes vacant in consequence of any proceedings taken for the recovery of an arrear of land revenue, under section 84, 85 or 86, the transferee, agent, or farmer who, under those proceedings, obtains possession of the land on which the arrears were due may, in the discretion of the Collector, be appointed a headman. (2) Where a headman, who is personally responsible for more than half the land revenue of an estate or of the sub-division thereof, in respect of which he holds office, has mortgaged his holding and has delivered possession thereof to the mortgagee, and the office of headman has become vacant in consequence thereof, the mortgagee may. at the discretion of Collector, be appointed as headman. (3) On the termination of any such transfer, farm or attachment, as is referred to in sub-rule (1) or on the release of any such mortgage as is referred to in subrule (2), a headman appointed under this rule shall cease to hold office, and a new headman shall be appointed with reference to the considerations enumerated in rule 17.

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