Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, Section 34, 35, 36, 37 -- Mutation - Last holder shown as owner in revenue record - Revenue Officer not to go into intricate questions of law regarding the status of last holder. Where the last holder was entered in the revenue record as the owner of the land, it is not necessary for the Revenue Officer while deciding mutation of inheritance..........
Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, Section 34, 35, 36, 37 - - Mutation - Sale by registered - deed of a particular piece of land by co - sharer - Land not in possession of vendor but in possession of other co - sharers - Possession of land not transferred - Mutation cannot be sanctioned. The co-sharer may effect sale in respect of the whole or a part of his share in the joint..........
Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, Section 34, 35, 36, 37 -- Mutation - Unregistered Will - Slightest doubt about authenticity or genuineness - Revenue Officer not to follow it. Where there is a slightest doubt on the authenticity or genuineness of the unregistered Will, the Revenue Officer is not bound to rely and follow it as he is not supposed to go into the intricate..........
Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, Section 34, 35, 36, 37 -- Mutation - Person not heard of for very long period by persons related to him - Death in foreign country - Documentary evidence regarding death - Not essential - Immaterial whether mutation is one regarding 'Ikhraj Nam' or on the basis of death - Punjab Land Records Manual, Paragraph 7.25. Mutations can be sanctioned..........
Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, Section 34, 35, 36, 37 -- Mutation - Registered document - Execution challenged - Revenue Officer to consider points raised by parties - Registered documents not to be given effect to as a matter of course. Ordinarily registered documents should be given effect to and the Revenue Officer should not go into the validity of such documents. The..........
Punjab Security of Land Tenures Act, 1953, Section 10A(b) -- Report regarding gift made to Patwari before the Act came into force - Mutation regarding gift sanctioned after the Act came into operation - Gift cannot be ignored. Where the report regarding the gift was made to the Patwari before the Punjab Security of Land Tenures Act came into force, but the mutation..........
Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, Section 34, 35, 36, 37 -- Mutation - Slightest doubt genuineness of Will - Revenue Officer to ignore it and leave the parties to seek redress in a Civil Court - Mere registration of a Will - Does not make it a genuine document. A Will registered subsequent to the death of the testator should not be blindly accepted by the Revenue Officers and..........
Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, Section 34, 35, 36, 37 -- Mutation - Earlier registered Will and later unregistered Will - Unregistered Will not free from suspicion and doubt - Mutation sanctioned on the basis of registered Will - Parties concerned to secure a declaration from competent Court - Mutation proceedings not to be stayed indefinitely or orders held in abeyance..........
Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, Section 34, 35, 36, 37 -- Mutation - Duty of Revenue Officer to decide on the basis of facts available before him - Intricate questions of law or fact cannot be gone into in mutation proceedings. It is the duty of the Revenue Officer to decide a mutation case on the basis of facts available before him. The mutation proceedings are of summary..........
Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, Section 34, 35, 36, 37 -- Mutation - Earlier registered Will and later unregistered Will - Unregistered Will not witnessed by respectable and responsible persons and their testimony tainted with doubt and suspicion - Revenue Officer should not place reliance upon such unregistered Will - Registered Will though of earlier date should be..........
