FCC bars changes to disputed revenue entries

The Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) has held that long-standing revenue entries cannot be altered through summary correction proceedings where the proposed change involves disputed questions of title, possession or proprietary rights. A three-member bench comprising Justice Syed Hasan Azhar Rizvi, Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Syed Arshad Hussain Shah gave the ruling while allowing an appeal filed by Ashraf Rana and others against an LHC judgment. The court observed that Section 166 of the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1967, provides a limited power to correct clerical or arithmetical mistakes and accidental slips or omissions.