Specific Relief Act, 1963, Section 31 -- Suit for cancellation of sale deed - Without claiming relief of possession - Non-suiting plaintiff on the ground that relief of possession was not claimed, though it was neither factual nor a legal necessity, would be wholly unjust and unfair to a plaintiff who succeeded to establish title in his favour arising out of cancellation..........
Mutation -- Question of title cannot be decided in mutation proceedings - Remedy for resolving title dispute is to file a regular suit in a competent Court...........
Mutation -- Mutation of name in revenue records - It is done for fiscal purposes i.e. for collection of land revenue - Mutation neither creates nor extinguishes title...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 6, Rule 17 -- Amendment of written statement - Original written statement itself disputed the title of plaintiff over suit property - Specific averment in written statement that plaintiff ought to have asked for a declaration cannot be said to be something that amounted to new defence or debarring plaintiff from the advantage of relying on..........
Mutation -- Mutation proceedings are summary in nature and they do not decide any right or title between parties, rather they are drawn only for fiscal purposes - Order passed in mutation proceedings are always subject to declaration of rights which may be sought by parties concerned by instituting a regular suit...........
Mutation -- Mutation of a property in revenue record does not create or extinguish title nor has it any presumptive value on title - It only enables person in whose favour mutation is ordered to pay land revenue - Mutation proceedings do not adjudicate rights of parties and orders passed in mutation proceedings are always subject to adjudication by competent Court...........
Specific Relief Act, 1963, Section 34, 31 -- Suit for declaration of title - Without seeking relief of cancellation of sale deed - Plaintiff not being executant of sale deed was not obligated to sue for its cancellation u/s 31 of the Act, as such an instrument would neither be likely to affect the title of plaintiff nor be binding on him - Suit is maintainable...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 100 -- Second appeal - Title suit - Concurrent findings of trial Court as well as first appellate Court that plaintiff had right, title and interest over suit property - Findings of fact sans any perversity cannot be interfered with in second appellate stage - Suit rightly decreed - Second appeal dismissed...........
Specific Relief Act, 1963, Section 34, 38 -- Suit for declaration of title and permanent injunction - Defendant himself admitted that plaintiff obtained survey nos.28 & 35 in partition and his family members have received some parts in partition - They cannot be permitted to challenge said partition especially when trial Court and Appellate Court have found said partition..........
Limitation Act, 1963, Article 58 -- Limitation - Suit for declaration of title and permanent injunction - Limitation starts from date of knowledge - Time starts when defendant has filed objection before Tehsildar for amendment of record on 10.07.2010 - Plaintiff who is in possession of said land, filed suit for declaration and permanent injunction on 9.10.2013 is not..........
