In Brief
A dispute over entries in revenue records relating to disputed land reached the Supreme Court through a Special Leave Petition. The High Court had dismissed the appellants' writ petition. The Court held that mutation (transfer of ownership record) in revenue records does not create, extinguish, or affect title to land; it merely allows the mutated person to pay land revenue. The Court affirmed the High Court's decision, following settled precedent that revenue record mutations have no presumptive value regarding ownership. Since substantive civil suits were pending between the parties, the Court declined to examine the factual circumstances of the revenue entries. The appeal was dismissed.
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