The replay official responsible for a critical error in playoff game last weekend will be back at his post on Sunday.

Jeff Harbin, whose failure to uphold a roughing the passer challenge by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats was later acknowledged by the CFL to be a mistake, will work the West Final between the Calgary Stampeders and the B.C. Lions. He will also serve as the video official – the so-called eye-in-the-sky –for the East Final earlier in the day.

Harbin’s call was one of two errors made on the same play late in the fourth quarter with the game time tied at 21. Ticat quarterback Zach Collaros completed a pass before taking a hit from Edmonton defensive end Odell Willis. A holding penalty against offensive tackle Brandon Revenberg negated the 17-yard gain and Hamilton challenged the hit on Collaros, looking for roughing the passer, but were denied by Harbin, the replay official.

But CFL vice president of football Glen Johnson said Wednesday the calls “do not meet the standard” set by the league.

While Harbin will return to the command centre, the official who made the holding call, umpire Adam Paradowski, is not assigned to a game this weekend.

Harbin was also responsible for a mistake in an October game that cost the Ticats in their fight for the East Division title. With Hamilton leading by a single point, Ottawa receiver Greg Ellingson made what looked to be a catch over the middle, the ball popping loose as he went to the ground. The Ticats challenged, alleging the Ottawa receiver fumbled the football. Instead, the command centre ruled the pass incomplete. On the next play, the Redblacks kicked a field goal and led by two with just over five minutes to play. Those points would prove to be the difference as Ottawa held on for the 30-29 win.

Johnson later acknowledged that the pass should not have been ruled incomplete.

While Johnson has previously said that officiating mistakes would impact playoff assignments, the league may have few options when it comes to the command centre. The CFL has a limited pool of replay officials with only Harbin, who officiated in the league for 13 seasons, and former referee Jake Ireland serving in the role.

“There’s always concern when we don’t get thing right and my job is to keep reducing errors,” Johnson said when asked about Harbin earlier this week. “But that official is an excellent official and I have every confidence in him.”