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Revenue Entries Do Not Confer Title - Entries in revenue records are only evidence of possession or administrative recognition and do not establish or transfer legal ownership rights. Such entries are subject to civil adjudication if there is a rival claim on the question of title. They cannot be treated as conclusive proof of ownership or title Ramavtar Gupta VS Nidhani (Dead) through LRs Sherbahadur - Madhya Pradesh, Muniyappa VS Kendamma - Karnataka, Sonabai Ramchandra Khot VS Bhimrao Krishna Khot - Bombay, Boramma VS Srinivasa - Karnataka, STATE OF U. P. VS AJAY SINGH - Allahabad, Life Insurance Corporation of India VS Ramakant Vaman Varde - Bombay, Mushtaq Ahmad VS State of U. P. - Allahabad, Friska Xaxa W/do Late Istanis Xaxa Aged About 80 Years R/o Village Peethaama, Tahsil- Patthalgaon, District- Jashpur, Chhattisgarh vs State of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary Department of Revenue New Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar Nawa Raipur District- Raipur Chhattisgarh - Chhattisgarh, JAGDISH PRASAD PATEL (DEAD) THROUGH LRS VS SHIVNATH - Supreme Court, Kondiba VS Dashrath - Bombay.
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Presumptive Value of Revenue Entries - Revenue entries are presumed to have only evidentiary value and do not create, extinguish, or confer rights over property. They are administrative records that support but do not determine legal title Sonabai Ramchandra Khot VS Bhimrao Krishna Khot - Bombay, STATE OF U. P. VS AJAY SINGH - Allahabad, Life Insurance Corporation of India VS Ramakant Vaman Varde - Bombay.
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Limitations of Revenue Records in Title Disputes - Long-standing entries or possession recorded in revenue records cannot substitute for proof of title, nor can they be used to settle disputes over ownership. Civil courts are the appropriate forum for adjudicating title claims, and revenue authorities cannot override decrees or legal rights through mere entries Mushtaq Ahmad VS State of U. P. - Allahabad, Friska Xaxa W/do Late Istanis Xaxa Aged About 80 Years R/o Village Peethaama, Tahsil- Patthalgaon, District- Jashpur, Chhattisgarh vs State of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary Department of Revenue New Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar Nawa Raipur District- Raipur Chhattisgarh - Chhattisgarh, Kondiba VS Dashrath - Bombay.
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Mutation and Civil Decrees - Mutation entries are for administrative purposes only and do not affect or establish ownership rights. Revenue authorities cannot refuse to act upon valid civil court decrees based solely on revenue records Friska Xaxa W/do Late Istanis Xaxa Aged About 80 Years R/o Village Peethaama, Tahsil- Patthalgaon, District- Jashpur, Chhattisgarh vs State of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary Department of Revenue New Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar Nawa Raipur District- Raipur Chhattisgarh - Chhattisgarh.
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Summary Procedure Limitations - Sections 33 and 39 of the Land Revenue Act allow correction of errors in revenue records but are not meant for deciding disputes on title or ownership. These procedures are limited to rectifying factual errors, not establishing or extinguishing rights STATE OF U. P. VS AJAY SINGH - Allahabad.
Analysis and Conclusion:
The consensus across the sources emphasizes that revenue entries are only presumptive and administrative in nature. They do not confer, prove, or extinguish ownership rights or titles. For establishing or contesting title, civil law and court adjudication are paramount. Revenue records serve as evidence but cannot replace legal proof of ownership, and reliance solely on such entries for title claims is legally unfounded.
Search Results for "Revenue Entries Cannot Confer Title"
2020 0 Supreme(MP) 469 • India - Madhya Pradesh
ROHIT ARYA
-- cannot confer title upon party -- revenue entries are always subject to civil adjudication of rival claim on question of title ... [Paras 10 to 12 (2) Land Revenue Code, 1959 (M.P.) -- S. 117 -- without any title, entries in revenue record ... of deceased Bhumiswami -- does not confer any title such third person claim any right over suit property. ... Law is well settled that ....
2008 0 Supreme(Kar) 224 • India - Karnataka
D.V.SHYLENDRA KUMAR
Revenue entries do not confer title. ... Shylendra Kumar,J] Revenue Entries - Suit for partition - Relationship admitted - Held, Mere fact that the revenue entries shows ... the name of other members cannot be a ground to deny partition. ... entries are not one which confer title on persons nor divest title, they are only evidence if at all to support the claim....
2012 0 Supreme(Bom) 894 • India - Bombay
R.M.SAVANT
Maharashtra Land Revenue Code (1966)---Entries in revenue records cannot be treated as document of title – Such entries have only ... presumptive value and do not confer any right over property. ... It is trite that the entries in the revenue record have only presumptive value and do not confer any right or title qua the property in respect of which they are made. ... The said entries#H....
2008 0 Supreme(Kar) 15 • India - Karnataka
K.RAMANNA
records - Cannot be termed as title deeds to confer right of ownership. ... are absolute owners based on revenue entries - Erroneous. ... ... (B) Karnataka land Revenue Act, 1964 - Section 127- Entries in revenue ... Mere entry in the revenue records will not confer any title to the plaintiffs and on the basis of the said entries, the plaintiffs cannot be terme....
2012 0 Supreme(All) 2587 • India - Allahabad
PRAKASH KRISHNA, ARVIND KUMAR TRIPATHI
(A) Revenue record—Document of title—It does not create or extinguish title of person concerned—Although such entry is generally ... made in favour of plaintiffs in revenue record were forged and manupluted—Plaintiffs failed to prove their source of title—They ... Land Revenue Act, 1901—Sections 33 to 39—Correction or change in revenue record entry—Procedure for—Has been prescribed in Sections ... It was also argued that revenue entries#HL_....
2018 0 Supreme(Bom) 1939 • India - Bombay
G.S.PATEL
in land revenue records do not confer or extinguish title - Those entries therefore cannot establish LIC’s title and in any case ... , Plaint itself proceeds on basis that relevant entries in revenue records showing Defendants Nos 1 to 4 as holder of Survey - This ... Production of a document will speak to correctness of its contents but there is no law that says that a document though registered cannot ... It is well settled that #....
2007 0 Supreme(All) 3130 • India - Allahabad
SHIV CHARAN SHARMA
court highlighted that the summary jurisdiction under Section 33/39 is confined to correction of errors in the record of rights and cannot ... Land Revenue Act - Fictitious Entry - 33, 39 - The court discussed the provisions of Sections 33 and 39 of the Land Revenue Act ... be used to decide disputes involving questions of title. ... And it is the settled position of law that long standing entries cannot be expunged by following summary procedure as provided u/s 33/39 of the Land #HL_S....
2025 Supreme(Online)(Chh) 10445 • India - IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR
Ramesh Sinha, CJ, Bibhu Datta Guru, J
purposes and cannot confer or extinguish title - The revenue authorities cannot refuse to act upon a valid civil court decree. ... (Paras 5, 6) ... ... (B) Revenue Law - Mutation - Mutation entries are only for administrative ... ... ... Issues: The core issue was the jurisdiction of the revenue authority to act contrary to a decree. ... reported in (2019) 3 SCC 191 is that mutation entries are made only for fiscal and adminis....
2019 4 Supreme 379 • India - Supreme Court
R.BANUMATHI, R.SUBHASH REDDY
of title; but mere statements for revenue purpose – Cannot confer any right or title. ... case of the defendants-appellants – Plaintiffs are required to establish their title – Revenue entries for few Khataunis – Not proof ... (Para 19) ... (d) Property law – Entries in revenue records consistently ... In any event, revenue entries for few Khataunis are not proof of t....
2013 0 Supreme(Bom) 1464 • India - Bombay
A.B.CHAUDHARI
Mere long possession or entries for many years in the revenue record cannot confer title on Mathura or the appellants since it has ... Mere long possession or entries for many years in the revenue record cannot confer title on Mathura or the appellants since it has not been shown that Bhima had by any legal instrument relinquished his share in the property or estate in favour of Mathura or Appa. ... He then argued ....
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