patta

A patta is a document issued by the revenue authorities in favour of the person liable to pay land revenue for a holding. In South Indian States it is commonly treated as a basic land record, and in Karnataka the word is also used for documents granted to occupants of government land.

Revenue entries are made for fiscal purposes. A patta or mutation entry is evidence of possession and may support a claim, but it does not by itself create or extinguish title. Title to immovable property depends on a registered conveyance, inheritance or other lawful mode, and a civil court decides disputes over it. Students often wrongly treat a patta as a title deed.

Example

The patta in the plaintiff's name proved that he paid land revenue, but the court held that it did not establish title against the registered sale deed.

In Indian law

• Karnataka Land Revenue Act, 1964

See also

khata · mutation · record of rights · title

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