LADDA 1 wp-4154-10 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 4154 OF 2010 Smt Helan Marshal fernandese & ors ....Petitioners Versus Perter Enas D'Silva since deceased through his heir and legal representatives Brayan Perter D'Silva & ors ...Respondents Mr. R.R.Salvi , Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. P.S.dani, Advocate for the respondents. CORAM : RANJIT MORE, J. DATED : 13th September, 2011. P.C.: 1. Heard learned counsel for the respective parties. 2. The petition pertains to recording of mutation entry. It is now a settled position of law that mutation entry does not create or extinguish rights of the party and the same is recorded only for fiscal purposes. Dispute between the parties will have to be decided by the civil court of a competent jurisdiction. The parties are always at liberty to approach the LADDA 2 wp-4154-10 Civil Court to get adjudicated their title to the suit property. A reference can be made to the decision of the Apex Court, in the matter of Balwant Singh & Another V/s. Daulat Singh reported in 1997(7) SCC 137. 3. In the event, such dispute is filed in the Civil Court, the same shall be decided independently on its own merit, in accordance with law and without being influenced by the findings recorded by the revenue authorities in the impugned order. 4. In the above circumstances, I am not inclined to entertain the petition and interfere with the impugned order in writ jurisdiction of this Court under Article 227 of the Constitution of India. With the above observations, the writ petition is disposed of. (RANJIT MORE, J.)