' Muhammad Ahmad, ex-Patwari of Tehsil Lodhran has filed this appeal against the order of his dismissal from service under section 4 of the Punjab Service Tribunals Act, 1974, challenging the impugned order passed by Assistant Commissioner/Collector, Lodhran on 4th March, 1979. He has prayed that the impugned order as well as appellate order of 24th June, 1979 be set aside and he be re instated in service with all the back benefits.
2. The case was called for a several times during the course of the Court but nobody appeared co behalf of' the appellant. This case was fixed at Mu!Tan on the request of the appellant himself when he appeared before us at Lahore, It was stated by him that his counsel Mr. Sarda.r Ali Shah Bokhari has shifted to Multan and he being a low paid Government servant was not in a position to engage a fresh counsel at Lahore. I could have disposed of this case on the score of default only but in the interest of justice I have examined the merits of the case because all the record is available before me.
3. Brief facts of the case are that the appellant when he was incharge of Halqa 357/WE, Tehsil Lodhran tempered with entries made in column-3 Khasra Gardawari from Kharif 79. This according to the case of prosecution was done for ulterior motives is at the relevant time of this interpolation.
State land was being disposed of under the instructions of Board of Revenue and cultivating position of the State land was decidedly a matter of importance for the allotment of State land under temporary release.
4. After going through the Departmental Enquiry alongwith impugned orders of Assistant Commissioner/Commissioner I do not find any cogent reason to interfere with the same. The record of this case reveals that the entries in register Haqdarane Zamin which the appellant changed, were recorded by himself. It would be not possible for me to accept that he himself being an author of the earlier entries could change the same as incorrect which would show that his first entries recorded by him were erroneous. This point has been discussed in detail by A. C. And I find the discussion behind as well as logical. Similarly I cannot disagree with views taken by the A. C.
That this interpolation was definitely to benefit the cultivators in order to assist them to secure State land which was being disposed of on the basis of cultivating position. The learned Commissioner has also given full consideration to the facts of the case after hearing the appellant in person, and has maintained the order of the A. C. As the same was unexceptionable.
5. This is a matter of common knowledge that a tendency to interpolate and interfere with the documents of authenticity is increasin day.By day on the part of those who are the custodians of the same. If no stern action is taken against such acts of interpolation which is likely to engender the irresponsible behaviour of the part of these officials, I am of the considered opinion that the action taken by the impugned orders is quite proper and cannot be called as injust and harsh. The result is that I dismiss the appeal on merit as being without any force.