AI Overview...
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Jamabandi does not confer ownership rights - Entries in revenue records, including Jamabandi, are for fiscal and administrative purposes only and do not create, extinguish, or prove title or possession. Mutation entries are not evidence of ownership or interest in land. Courts have consistently held that revenue records are not conclusive proof of title and cannot be used to determine ownership. Anil Kumar Bajaj VS State of Jharkhand - Jharkhand, Usha Devi VS State of Bihar - Patna, Ashish Bharti @ Rocky Jha VS State of Bihar - Patna, Ram Lakhan Mandal VS State of Bihar - Patna, Balmiki Prasad VS State of Bihar - Patna
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Jurisdiction of revenue authorities - Revenue authorities lack the jurisdiction to question or alter long-standing Jamabandi entries. Any correction or deletion of entries is procedural and does not affect the legal ownership rights, which must be established through a civil suit. Anil Kumar Bajaj VS State of Jharkhand - Jharkhand, Bishwanath Singh VS State of Bihar - Patna, Balmiki Prasad VS State of Bihar - Patna
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Legal position on mutation and ownership - Mutation in revenue records is an administrative act and does not create or extinguish rights or title. Proper forum for establishing ownership is a civil court, not revenue authorities. The deletion or alteration of Jamabandi entries does not imply a change in ownership rights. Usha Devi VS State of Bihar - Patna, Jagawa Oraon VS State Of Bihar - Jharkhand, Bishwanath Singh VS State of Bihar - Patna
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Revenue records as evidence - While revenue records like Jamabandi and khasra girdawari can serve as evidence of possession or tenancy, they are not conclusive proof of ownership. Courts rely on civil procedures to decide title disputes. Paramjit Singh VS Jora Singh - Punjab and Haryana, Ram Kishan VS Omwati - Punjab and Haryana
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Legal precedents reaffirm - Courts have consistently held that revenue records are administrative records and do not confer or prove ownership rights. Any dispute regarding ownership must be settled through civil litigation, not by revenue authorities or based solely on revenue records. Usha Devi VS State of Bihar - Patna, Ashish Bharti @ Rocky Jha VS State of Bihar - Patna, Balmiki Prasad VS State of Bihar - Patna
Analysis and Conclusion:
The core principle across the sources is that Jamabandi and revenue records are administrative tools, not legal documents of ownership. They serve fiscal and record-keeping purposes and cannot be used to establish or challenge ownership rights. Courts have reaffirmed that title and ownership are to be determined by civil courts through proper legal procedures, and revenue authorities are not empowered to decide ownership disputes based solely on revenue records.
Search Results for "Jamabandi is Not Right of Revenue Records"
2024 0 Supreme(Jhk) 818 • India - Jharkhand
DEEPAK ROSHAN
revenue records online - Petitioner claimed ownership of land through mutation entries dating back to 1974, which were not disputed ... ... ... Ratio Decidendi: The court ruled that revenue authorities lack jurisdiction to question long-standing jamabandi and must ... (Paras 12, 17) ... ... (C) Administrative Procedure - The act of making revenue records visible ... The case of the Petitioner is that he was having problems in making payment of the revenu....
2024 0 Supreme(Pat) 838 • India - Patna
MOHIT KUMAR SHAH
records or creation of Jamabandi does not confer title on a person – Mutation in revenue records neither creates nor extinguishes ... receipts cannot create title to land and can neither prove title nor possession with respect to land in question – Any entry in revenue ... title, nor does it have any presumptive value with regard to title – Even, mutation entry does not confer any right, title or interest ... It is equally a well settled law that any....
2024 0 Supreme(Pat) 836 • India - Patna
MOHIT KUMAR SHAH
records or creation of Jamabandi does not confer title on a person – Mutation in revenue records neither creates nor extinguishes ... title, nor does it have any presumptive value with regard to title – Even, mutation entry does not confer any right, title or interest ... receipts cannot create title to land and can neither prove title nor possession with respect to land in question – Any entry in revenue ... It is equally a well settled law that any....
2024 0 Supreme(Pat) 837 • India - Patna
MOHIT KUMAR SHAH
records or creation of Jamabandi does not confer title on a person whose name appears in record of rights – Mutation in revenue ... (Para 11) Bihar Public Land Encroachment Act, 1956 – Section 3 – Removal of encroachment – Any entry in revenue ... does not confer any right, title or interest in favour of a person and same is only for fiscal purpose – Land in question is a Gair ... It is equally a well settled law that any entry in revenue#H....
2024 0 Supreme(Pat) 835 • India - Patna
MOHIT KUMAR SHAH
records or creation of Jamabandi does not confer title on a person and that mutation in revenue records neither creates nor extinguishes ... , title and interest in the land in question, inasmuch as neither any cogent proof nor proof of creation of Jamabandi much less any ... cannot create title to the land and can neither prove title nor possession with respect to the land in question – Any entry in revenue ... It is equally a well settled law that any entry in #HL_S....
1999 0 Supreme(Pat) 33 • India - Patna
B.M.LAL, SHIVA KIRTI SINGH
Bihar Land Reforms Act, 1950-Section 4(g)-Name deleted from revenue records (Jamabandi)-Proper forum for correction of records of ... right and title is to file a suit and not writ. ... ORDER ... This L.P.A. is directed against an order dated 20.8.1997 whereby the learned writ court repelling the submission of the writ-petitioner directed that if the name is deleted from the revenue record' (Jamabandi) it is for the petitioner to e....
1997 0 Supreme(P&H) 1190 • India - Punjab and Haryana
V.K.JHANJI
The revenue records, including jamabandis and khasra girdawaries, consistently showed the plaintiff as a tenant on the suit land ... records. ... TO PREEMPT ENTIRE SOLD LAND - INTERPRETATION OF SECTION 15(1) - REVENUE RECORD AS EVIDENCE OF TENANCY - CHANGE IN REVENUE ENTRIES ... In view of the consistent revenue record in favour of the plaintiff, i.e. jamabandis from 1959-60 to 1984-85 and khasra girdawaries for th....
2016 0 Supreme(P&H) 436 • India - Punjab and Haryana
AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH
the year 1953-54 has also not been produced rather withheld--The relevant entries as per the revenue records on the appointed date ... for the year 1950-51, clearly establish that the respondent- defendants were in possession of the suit land-- The jamabandi for ... showing the possession of the appellant-plaintiffs as tenants being absent, the right which is claimed by them cannot be stated ... The relevant entries as per the revenue records on the appointed date sho....
2001 0 Supreme(Jhk) 270 • India - Jharkhand
SUDHANSU JYOTI MUKHOPADHAYA
Bihar Tenants Holding (Maintenance of Records) Act, 1973—Section 14— Mutation—An administrative order of mutation by Revenue Authorities ... is not and cannot be a decision on question of title—Creation of Jamabandi does not confer any right and title on a person, nor ... cancellation of such Jamabandi extinguishes such right and title—Court should not exercise its jurisdiction under Articles 226 and ... In the aforesaid circumstanc....
2021 0 Supreme(Pat) 1032 • India - Patna
CHAKRADHARI SHARAN SINGH
Jamabandi – [Constitution of India – Article 226] – Entries in revenue records do not confer title – Title ... can only be decided by a competent Civil Court – Mutation does not confer any right and title in favour of anyone or other nor cancellation ... cannot confer title even if their case of existence of such mutation/Jamabandi is accepted for sake of argument – Proceeding under ... Further, as has been noted above, the petitioners’ claim for this Court to hold ti....
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