Petitioner challenges Ext.P4, an order issued by the Village Officer refusing to effect mutation in respect of the property purchased by the petitioner on the ground that as per the entries in the basic tax register, the property is described as ‘nilam’ whereas in the title deed produced by the petitioner, the property is described as garden land.
2. If the Basic Tax Register entries shows the property as ‘nilam’ when mutation is effected, there is no reason why the Village Officer should deviate from the said entry and merely for the reason that the petitioner has recorded the property as garden land, the same is not binding on the officer concerned. The issue is also covered by the judgment of this Court in Pareed Salim v. State of Kerala [2012(4) KLT 211].
W.P.C.No.15373/2014 2 Having regard to these factual situations, this writ petition is disposed of as under:
The 4th respondent shall effect mutation of the property in favour of the petitioner as per the entries now made available in the village records.
(A.M.SHAFFIQUE, JUDGE) jsr