Jawahar Lal Gupta, J. (Oral) - The office of village Headman provides the bone of contention. The dispute between the parties had commenced in the year 1993. They have had more than one round of litigation including the earlier writ petition before this Court. Finally, vide order dated May 12, 1998, the Financial Commissioner has directed the Collector to proceed afresh by inviting applications for post. Aggrieved by the order, the petitioner, who was one of the candidates, has approached this Court through the present writ petition. He prays that the order of the Financial Commissioner be set aside.

2. The petitioners father was working as a Lambardar. He passed away on February 18, 1993. Thereafter, the process of appointment of a new Lambardar was taken up. Initially, the 4th respondent was appointed in 1994. Ultimately, by the order dated March 12, 1996, the Collector had selected the petitioner. A copy of this order is on record as Annexure P2. Aggrieved by this order, Kuldeep Singh-respondent No. 4 had filed an appeal before the Commissioner. On consideration of the matter, the Commissioner had accepted the appeal vide his order dated May 7, 1997. A copy of this order