Correction of name

2014 CLC 696 BOARD-OF-REVENUE-PUNJAB Judicial Precedent

Ss. 164 & 172Revision before Board of RevenueRevenue record, updating ofCorrection of namePetitioner's name was "Fahmeez Akhter" but inadvertently name "Parveen Akhter" was incorporated in revenue record

Application for correction of name was rejected by Additional District Collector with a direction to petitioner to approach Civil Court for correction of her name

Validity

Field staff of revenue department had reported that "Parveen Akhtar" and "Fehmeez Akhtar" were the names of one lady and the only difference was that in revenue record her name was recorded as "Parveen Akhtar" while in school certificate her name was "Fehmeez Akhtar"

No separate lady with the name as "Parveen Akhtar" existed

"Parveen Akhtar" was non-existent but her name had been incorporated in revenue record

Respondent was real brother of petitioner who had also not denied that petitioner was not his sister and daughter of his parents

Revenue authorities were supposed to keep record updated under S.172 of West Pakistan Land Revenue Act, 1967

Board of Revenue set aside the orders passed by the Courts below as the Lower Courts had wrongly referred petitioner to Civil Courts

Board of Revenue directed revenue authorities to correct the record by replacing correct name of petitioner

Revision was allowed in circumstances.