Law: West Pakistan Land Revenue Act, 1967

Section: 2 (22) , 164 , 9

West Pakistan Land Revenue Act (XVII of 1967)--- ----Ss. 2 (22) & 164---Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), S.9---Jurisdiction of Civil Court---Power of Attorney on basis of which registered sale-deed in respect of land in question was executed and mutation of such sale was attested, had been challenged in revision alleging that power of attorney was false and was not genuine---It was function of Civil Court and not Revenue Courts to sit in judgment over genuineness of power of attorney which was a registered document---Revenue Courts could not go beyond registered power of attorney and registered sale-deed---To establish alleged fraud as fraud concerning a registered document same could be examined only by Civil Court. Ch. Muhammad Anwar Khan for Petitioners, Malik Talib Hussain Awan for Respondent. ORDER The vendor Ali Muhammad is alleged to have given a power of attorney to the husband of the respondent. This power of attorney, whether genuine or fake, was registered on 30-6-1982. It was on the basis of this registered document that the registered sale-deed of 13-8-1986 was executed. It was on the basis of this deed that Mutation No. 162 was attested on 27-2-1988. The argument of the petitioner that the power of attorney was fake because consideration is not adequate, is not relevant before the Revenue Court. Even if this has…