JUDGMENT

The concept and principles governing the disposition of property by Hiba – gift under Muslim Personal Law - arises for consideration in this writ petition.

2. The petitioner is a Muslim following Muslim Personal Law. He is aggrieved by the Village Officer's decision refusing to mutate the property gifted by his father in his favour as per Ext. P3 gift deed on the ground that it is an unregistered document.

3. The immovable property having an extent of 14 cents of land in Old Sy.Nos.665/12 and 666/1 of Puthusseri Central Village, Palakkad Taluk, Palakkad District, covered by Exts.P1 and P2 title deeds originally belonged to the father of the petitioner named Haneefa. On 15.1.2016, the father of the petitioner gifted the said property in favour of the petitioner orally and he was put in exclusive physical possession of the property. Three days thereafter, on 18.1.2016, the father of the petitioner executed Ext.P3 unregistered gift deed in favour of the petitioner. The petitioner accepted the gift and took delivery of the property. Thereafter, the petitioner submitted Ext.P4 application before the 2^nd respondent to mutate the property in his name, to accept land tax from him and