“6. It is well settled that under Section 57 of the Land Revenue Act the entries in the current records of the latest settlement are presumed to be correct unless rebutted by cogent evidence. However, in this connection the question which sometimes arises for consideration is, whether the entries made in the subsequent settlements, which are different with those of the earlier settlements, would stand rebutted by the earlier settlement entries or not? It goes without saying that at each settlement the entries are made in accordance with the prescribed procedure contained in Chapter IV of the U.P. Land Revenue Act. Therefore, the entries in the record-of-rights prepared in accordance with the provisions of Chapter IV would be presumed to be true unless the contrary is proved as provided under Section 57 of the Act. Thus, where the entries made at the earlier and subsequent settlements are conflicting, the entries made in subsequent settlement can be given preference with those of the previous settlement unless the contrary is proved by cogent and strong evidence. During the course of every subsequent settlement proceeding the then existing entries in the record-of-right are checked and verified and the same are corrected, if found to be wrong, after following the prescribed procedure under Chapter IV of the Land Revenue Act. Thus, the entries at the latest settlement would be presumed to be correct and the earlier conflicting settlement entries would not be enough evidence to rebut the correctness of the subsequent settlement entries. The entries in the record of rights of the latest settlement would, therefore, be presumed to be correct unless rebutted by cogent evidence and the same cannot be discarded merely on the ground of conflicting entries in the earlier settlement records .”
