Summary
Mutation entries neither create nor extinguish title and carry no presumptive value on ownership. Their fiscal function is to enable payment of land revenue. With civil suits concerning the land already pending, the Court declined factual inquiry into how the entries were made and upheld dismissal of the mutation-related writ petition.
Issues
- Whether mutation entries warranted adjudication of factual disputes bearing on title while civil suits were pending.
Held
- Mutation of land in revenue records neither created nor extinguished title and had no presumptive value on title; it enabled the recorded person to pay land revenue. (¶ 7–8)
- The High Court correctly applied that settled position. Since civil suits concerning the land were pending and entries did not determine title, factual inquiries into their correctness or authorship were inappropriate in this appeal. (¶ 9–11)
Result
Appeal dismissed; High Court’s dismissal of the writ petition upheld.