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TMI Blog2021 (9) TMI 1506X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Petitioner herein in the revenue records, which was sought to be mutated on the basis of the will, the original Respondent No. 6 has preferred the present special leave petition. 2. That the Petitioner herein filed an application Under Section 109/110 of the Madhya Pradesh Land Revenue Code to mutate his name in the revenue records in respect of Khasra No. 41/03, 101/03, 314/03, 102/02, 132/02, 133/03, 142/02, 145/02, 146/02, 313/01, total area of 4.53 acres situated in village Dudha, Tehsil Rampur Baghelan, District Satna, on the basis of the alleged will executed by one Smt. Ananti Bai, widow of Bhagwandeen Bargahi - his maternal grandmother. The alleged will was executed on 20.05.1998. It is required to be noted that though initially it ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... t and order, the High Court has set aside the order passed by the Additional Commissioner observing that once the will is disputed and even otherwise the Petitioner who is claiming rights/title on the basis of the will executed by the deceased Ananti Bai, the remedy available to the Petitioner would be to file a suit and crystallize his rights and only thereafter the necessary consequence shall follow. 4. Feeling aggrieved and dissatisfied with the impugned judgment and order passed by the High Court, the original applicant has preferred the present special leave petition. 5. We have heard Shri Nishesh Sharma, learned Advocate appearing for the Petitioner. It is not in dispute that the dispute is with respect to mutation entry in the rev ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... itle to the property nor has it any presumptive value on title. Such entries are relevant only for the purpose of collecting land revenue. Similar view has been expressed in the series of decisions thereafter. 6.1. In the case of Suraj Bhan v. Financial Commissioner (2007) 6 SCC 186, it is observed and held by this Court that an entry in revenue records does not confer title on a person whose name appears in record-of-rights. Entries in the revenue records or jamabandi have only "fiscal purpose", i.e., payment of land revenue, and no ownership is conferred on the basis of such entries. It is further observed that so far as the title of the property is concerned, it can only be decided by a competent civil court. Similar view has been expre ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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