Sri K R Shivarudraradya v. the Deputy Commissioner
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Division Bench of the High Court of Karnataka (Vibhu Bakhru, CJ, author, and C M Joshi, J), NC 2025:KHC:30326-DB, WA No. 926 of 2025 (KLR-RES), decided 05.08.2025. Appeal under S. 4 Karnataka High Court Act against dismissal of W.P.No.2186/2025 challenging the Deputy Commissioner's order dated 31.12.2024 in Revision Petition No.27/2024 mutating land records (khata) of Sy. No. 35, Kalappanahalli village, Hoskote Taluk, in favour of respondent No.5 Shivaprasad as legal heir of purchaser B.K. Shivaiah (sale deed dated 25.07.1970). Held: revenue entries must follow the registered sale deed; mutation entry confers no title; appellant's joint-family-funds claim lies in O.S. No.325/2021 [O.S. No.89/2022] before Senior Civil Judge, Hoskote, and entries remain subject to its result. Appeal dismissed; pending applications disposed of. Keywords: mutation, khata, revenue record, sale deed, legal heir, joint family property, land records do not confer title.