Order

11/09/2025

Reportable

INDEX (1) Contentions of the petitioner…………………………..2

(2) Contentions by rival side………………………………...3

(3) Discussions, Analysis & Findings…………..…………..3

(4) Conclusion & Directions…………………….……………11

The fundamental purpose of prescribing limitation is to bring closure to litigation, thereby ensuring that legal disputes are resolved in a timely manner and that perpetual uncertainty is prevented.

1. By way of filing this writ petition, a challenge has been led to the impugned order dated 21.04.2023 passed by the Board of Revenue (for short, ‘the Board’), by which the appeal submitted by the petitioners against the judgment dated 04.11.2010 passed by the Revenue Appellate Authority (for short, ‘RAA’) has been rejected.

Contentions of the petitioner:

2. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the suit filed by the petitioners for correction of entries in the revenue record was decreed by the Court of Sub Divisional Officer (for short, ‘SDO’) on 29.07.1964. Counsel submits that after a period of 44 years, a time barred appeal was submitted by the respondent against the said judgment before the RAA, without submitting an application under Section 5 of the Limitation