In Brief
The appellant contested a High Court decision upholding mutation entries in revenue records relating to disputed land. The Supreme Court affirmed that mutation of land in revenue records is merely an administrative procedure enabling revenue collection; it neither creates nor extinguishes ownership title and holds no presumptive value in proving title. Ownership disputes must be resolved through separate civil proceedings. Since civil suits between the parties were pending, the Court declined to inquire into the propriety of the revenue entries and dismissed the appeal.
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