REPORTABLE

2026 INSC 395 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO. 4633 OF 2026 (ARISING OUT OF S.L.P. (CIVIL) NO.16855 OF 2019)

BABU SINGH …. APPELLANT VERSUS CONSOLIDATION OFFICER …. RESPONDENTS AND OTHERS

J U D G M E N T

PRASHANT KUMAR MISHRA, J.

1) Leave granted.

2) The lis at hand concerns the validity of the change in categorisation of certain land situated in District Hardoi, Uttar Pradesh, the subsequent grant of pattas in favour of the appellant and the consequential ripple of events that ensued.

3) The backdrop of the present dispute is that prior to 31.10.1992, the subject land in dispute was recorded in Category-6 in the khatauni in terms of paragraph A-124 of the U.P Land Records Manual1, which classifies the lands within a village. Category-6 inter alia denotes barren or uncultivated land including the lands covered with water, sites, roads, buildings and other non-agricultural uses. The area in which the subject land is situated Signature Not Verified

Digitally signed by

MINI Date: 2026.04.21 Reason:

1 Hereinafter referred to as ‘the Manual’

is governed by the provisions of the Uttar Pradesh Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950, Here