REVENUE RECORDS – NOT A PROOF OF OWNERSHIP OF THE PROPERTY

In an appeal filed before the Hon’ble Supreme Court, in Civil Appeal No. 7210 of 2011 by P. Kishore Kumar against Vittal K. Patkar, the Hon’ble Supreme Court held that – “…revenue records are not documents of title.” It also reaffirmed its earlier decision passed in Sawarni vs. Inder Kaur and Ors stating that mutation of name in the revenue records will not create or extinguish any title in the property but will only enable the person to pay the land revenue.