Revenue records are not documents of title, the Supreme Court (SC) has reiterated. These records neither create nor extinguish title of ownership, the apex court has said while delivering its verdict in a property dispute in Bangalore.
“It is trite law that revenue records are not documents of title. This Court in Sawarni vs. Inder Kaur and Ors held that mutation in revenue records neither creates nor extinguishes title, nor does it have any presumptive value on title. All it does is entitle the person in whose favour mutation is done to pay the land revenue in question,” the apex court said while delivering its judgement in the P Kishore Kumar versus Vittal K Patkar case.
This was further affirmed in the Balwant Singh & Ors vs. Daulat Singh (Dead) by LRs and Ors wherein the SC held that mere mutation of records would not divest the owners of a land of their right, title and interest in the land, the top court added in its order dated November 20, 2023.
“We may also profitably refer to the decision of this Court in Sita Ram Bhau Patil vs. Ramchandra Nago Patil (Dead) by LRs. and Ors. wherein it was held that there exists no universal principle that whatever will appear in the record of rights will be presumed to be correct, when there exists evidence to the contrary,” It added.
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