Ram Kishan vs State of U.P. and Ors

The petitioner challenged the mutation of a property in the name of the respondents by the Tehsildar in a disputed land matter in Noida. The Allahabad High Court held that mutation proceedings in revenue records are purely fiscal in nature for the purpose of collecting land revenue and do not decide or confer title. Title disputes regarding agricultural land must be decided by the competent Revenue Court under Section 144 of the U.P. Revenue Code, 2006, whereas title disputes regarding abadi/non-agricultural land must be adjudicated by a Civil Court.