Smt H B Yashodha v. Sri H C Cheluvaiah
Mutation proceedings – khata transfer on the basis of a registered sale deed
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka HC single-judge (Sachin Shankar Magadum J) oral order dated 27-06-2025 in WP No.18589 of 2025 (LB-RES): writ petition by grandchildren of Smt. Kalyanamma against katha transfer vide KTP No.116/2017-18 (Khatha No.D6/1292/8634/H225, 7th Cross, Halahalli, Mandya City) to Respondent Nos.1 to 3 (H.C. Cheluvaiah, H.C. Krishnamurthy, Bhagyasudha), founded on a registered sale deed dated 03.08.1959; respondents included City Municipal Council Mysore (R-4, counsel G.M. Anand) and Regional Commissioner Mysuru (R-5); petitioners' counsel Gaurav G.K.; held that title/validity disputes over registered sale deeds are outside mutation proceedings and lie before the civil court; registration statutorily binds revenue authorities to mutate; disposed of with liberty to approach civil court. Keywords: change of katha, mutation, registered sale deed, khata transfer, Articles 226 and 227, Mandya, Halahalli, civil court remedy.