Letters Patent Appeal No.1514 of 2012 1

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT

CHANDIGARH.

Letters Patent Appeal No.1514 of 2012

Date of Decision: 28.9.2012

Satwinder Singh and another

..Appellants

Versus

State of Punjab and others

..Respondents

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIVE BHALLA

HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE REKHA MITTAL

Present:

Mr. S.S.Rangi, Advocate for the appellants.

RAJIVE BHALLA, J (ORAL)

The appellants pray that order dated 22.3.2012, allowing the

writ petition filed by Manjit Singh, respondent no.8, and directing revenue

authorities to sanction a mutation in accordance with sale deed dated

20.9.1990, may be set aside.

Counsel for the appellants submits that admittedly sale deed

dated 20.9.1990, was not accompanied by delivery of possession. The

revenue authorities, therefore, rightly relied upon Chapter 7.17 of the

Punjab Land Records Manual and rejected the application for sanction of

a mutation. The writ petition, filed by respondent No.8, has been wrongly

allowed by ignoring Chapter 7.17 of the Punjab Land Records Manual and

by holding that revenue authorities have no power to refuse a mutation on

the ground that