Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, Section 34, 35, 36, 37 -- Mutation on the basis of registered sale deed - Revenue Officer required to determine right/title of vendor - No mutation of ownership can be sanctioned on the basis of possession only...........
Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, Section 34, 35, 36, 37 -- Mutation on the basis of registered sale deed - Sale deed purporting to transfer land owned by Mushtarka Malkan - Co - sharer cannot transfer more than his share in joint land - Vendor failed to show extent of share in joint holding and exclusive possession of Khasra Nos. sought to be alienated - Mutation of..........
Punjab Land Revenue Act, Section 34, 35, 36, 37 -- Mutation of inheritance on the basis of registered Will - Circumstances - (1) only one marginal witness examined who is father - in - law of beneficiary and hence interested witness, (2) natural heirs of deceased ignored, (3) deceased HK in the Will at one place referred to as widow of Kartar Singh and in another place as..........
Will -- Validity of - Neither date of Will disclosed nor its copy produced along with written statement - Will produced after one year of filing of written statement - Mutation sanctioned on the basis of natural succession as Will not produced - No explanation as to why Will not produced before Revenue Authorities and why date of Will not mentioned in written statement -..........
Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, Section 16, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118 -- Revision against partition - Plea that shares of parties wrongly determined as Jamabandi which incorporates contents of sanctioned mutation of inheritance of K who is alive and not dead - Objection that presumption of truth attaches to Jamabandi entries and no appeal filed against sanction..........
Punjab Land Revenue Act, Section 34, 35, 36, 37 -- Contested mutation - Tehsildar has no power to decide contested mutation...........
Punjab Land Revenue Act, Section 34, 35, 36, 37 -- Mutation based on Civil Court decree - Contested mutation - Civil Court decree against Gram Panchayat - Villagers contest the mutation - Revenue Officer while giving effect to Civil Court decree has also to go into total circumstances of the case particularly when interest of Gram Panchayat not watched before Civil Court...........
Punjab Land Revenue Act, Section 117, 111 -- Stay of partition proceedings - Mutation entered on the basis of registered Adoption Deed - Adoption Deed challenged in Civil Court which suit is still pending - Plea that partition proceedings should be stopped till judgment of Civil Court is received - Not tenable - Partition proceedings need not be held up because the matter..........
Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, Section 34, 35, 36, 37 -- Mutation of inheritance - Registered Will - Mutation sanctioned on the basis of Registered Will - Valid - Other heirs if have any grouse against Registered Will - Can go to Civil Court...........
Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, Section 34, 35, 36, 37 -- Mutation of surplus area - Challenge to surplus area by big landowner - Case pending in High Court - Two warring parties - Mutation if made out in the name of either of them - Other party will go to High Court - Best that surplus land remains mutated in the name of State which will abide by final decision of High..........
