Civil Writ Petition No.18815 of 2009 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.18815 of 2009. Date of Order: 15.01.2010 Jit Singh ....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ..Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIVE BHALLA Present: Mr. S.K.Jain ,Advocate for the petitioner RAJIVE BHALLA, J (Oral). Prayer in this petition is for issuance of a writ in the nature of certiorari for quashing the orders dated 15.12.2004 and 02.09.2009, passed by the Collector, District Faridkot and the Financial Commissioner, Punjab, Chandigarh. The petitioner's grievance is that in the absence of any evidence of delivery of possession to the private respondent, a mutation based upon ownership cannot be sanctioned in view of para 7.17 of Chapter 7of the Punjab Land Records Manual. I have heard counsel for the petitioner and find no reason to hold that the order passed by the Financial Commissioner, rejecting this contention suffers from any error. The provisions of para 7.17 of Chapter 7 have to be read in the context of a plea where in addition to ownership a party prays for alteration of the entry regarding possession. In the present case the private respondent prays for sanction of a mutation on the basis of a transfer deed. The Financial Civil Writ Petition No.18815 of 2009 -2- Commissioner did not commit any error in directing the revenue authorities to sanction a mutation with respect to ownership alone. It is, however, made clear that the legality of the mutation incorporated in the revenue record shall be subject to the rights of the parties to be determined in the civil Suit stated to be pending inter-parties. The petitioner would be at liberty to avail appropriate remedy, against the right of respondent no.5 to create any third party interest. Disposed of accordingly. January 15, 2010 (RAJIVE BHALLA) nt JUDGE