SSK/ 1 WP/6000.11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.6000 OF 2011 Tejraj Kapoorchand Parmar & Anr. ....Petitioners Versus The State of Maharashtra & Ors. ...Respondents Mr. J. G. Reddy, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. S. N. Bhosale, AGP for the State. CORAM : RANJIT MORE, J. DATED : 30th August, 2011. P.C.: 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. The parties are always at liberty to approach the Civil Court to get their rights adjudicated. 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. SSK/ 2 WP/6000.11 3. In the present case, the petitioners have filed two suits viz. R.C.S.Nos. 333 of 2001 and 999/2006 against the respondents in the Civil Court for declaration and injunction. The Trial Court shall decide the same on merits and in accordance with law without being influenced by the findings recorded by the revenue authorities. A mutation entry is always subject to the decision of the Civil Court of the competent jurisdiction. With the above observations, the writ petition is disposed of. (RANJIT MORE, J.)