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Land records & mutation — Allahabad HC

Land records, mutation entries and revenue records are proactively disclosable under §4[1][b]. Land records and mutation entries are §4 suo-motu category; must be.

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 +{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(Land records & mutation — Allahabad HC,High Court of Allahabad RTI,RTI §4,RTI §7,land records,mutation,Allahabad HC,§4(1)(b),revenue)&metatag-description=(Land records, mutation entries and revenue records are proactively disclosable under §4[1][b]. Land records and mutation entries are §4 suo-motu category; must be.)}}
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 +====== Land records & mutation — Allahabad HC ======
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 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**High Court of Allahabad** · 2017-01-01 · Citation awaited
 +</WRAP>
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 +**Land records, mutation entries and revenue records are proactively disclosable under §4[1][b]. Land records and mutation entries are §4 suo-motu category; must be.**
 +
 +//Land records and mutation entries are §4 suo-motu category; must be routinely accessible.//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | High Court of Allahabad |
 +^ Decided | 2017-01-01 |
 +^ Citation | Citation awaited |
 +^ Petitioner | RTI applicant |
 +^ Respondent | Revenue authority |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §4(1)(b) |
 +^ Outcome | Applicant allowed |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +Land records, mutation entries and revenue records are proactively disclosable under §4(1)(b).
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +Land revenue records — khatauni, khasra, mutation entries — are public records held by revenue authorities. These fall within the suo-motu disclosure obligation under §4(1)(b) and cannot be withheld under routine §8 grounds.
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +land records, mutation, Allahabad HC, §4(1)(b), revenue
 +
 +===== Similar cases in the corpus =====
 +
 +//These rulings have the closest editorial ratio to this case — computed by tf-idf cosine similarity over ratio, keywords and Act sections. Useful starting points if you are researching the same point of law.//
 +
 +  * [[/cases/sic-ap-rti-land-acquisition-2022|Land-acquisition records — Andhra Pradesh SIC]] (SIC-AP 2022)
 +  * [[/cases/mazdoor-kisan-shakti-sangathan-v-uoi-2018-sc|Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan v. Union of India]] (SC 2018)
 +  * [[/cases/hc-kerala-rti-beverage-corporation-2022|Kerala Beverage Corp records — Kerala HC]] (HC-KER 2022)
 +  * [[/cases/sc-rti-tamil-nadu-land-acquisition-2022|Land-acquisition public-purpose documentation — SC]] (SC 2022)
 +  * [[/cases/hc-sikkim-rti-tourism-project-2020|Tourism project records — Sikkim HC]] (HC-SK 2020)
 +
 +===== Related =====
 +
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?court=HC-UP|All High Court of Allahabad rulings in the corpus]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=4|All RTI cases turning on §4]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=7|All RTI cases turning on §7]]
 +  * [[:cases:search|Full case-law search]]
 +  * [[:cases|Case-Law Database — overview]]
 +  * [[:pio-rti-reply-guide|PIO RTI Reply Guide]]
 +  * [[:act|The RTI Act, 2005 — annotated]]
 +
 +<WRAP center round alert 95%>
 +**Editorial summary, not a certified report.** The ratio here is an editorial compression. Before citing this ruling in a PIO order, FAA speaking order, or any appellate filing, **verify against the full reported decision**. RTI Wiki is not a legal service.
 +</WRAP>
 +
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 +//Editorial summary · last reviewed 21 April 2026.//
 +
 +{{tag>case-law court-hc-up section-4 section-7}}