Mr. Rameshwar Singh Malik J.:- The petitioner challenges the order dated 6.7.2012 (Annexure P-9) passed by the Financial Commissioner Appeals-II, Punjab, upholding the orders passed by the Collector and the Commissioner, thereby removing the petitioner from the post of Lambardar on account of alleged attestation of an incomplete Shajra Nasab, resulting in alleged attestation of mutation.

2. Facts first.

The petitioner was appointed as Lambardar in the year 1959. The petitioner was served with a show cause notice dated 28.9.2006 alleging that he wrongly attested the incomplete Shajra Nasab . The petitioner filed his reply to the show cause notice to the effect that Shajra Nasab was prepared by the Patwari and he only attested the same. The Will was found to be a genuine document as per the order dated 21.5.2005 passed by the competent authority. However, reply submitted by the petitioner was not found satisfactory and the District Collector, Hoshiarpur-respondent No.4 passed the impugned order dated 14.11.2006 (Annexure P-1), thereby removing the petitioner from the post of Lambardar. Dissatisfied, the petitioner filed his appeal before the Commissioner vide Annexure P-2, b