VIRENDRA NATH THR. P.A.HOLDER R.R.GUPTA vs MOHD. JAMIL — C.A. No. 4007/1999

Summary The Supreme Court allowed the appeal and set aside the High Court's judgment, restoring the revisional order that dismissed Jan Mohammad's claim to be recorded as Sirdar (owner). The Court held that since Jan Mohammad's possession was as a mortgagee (evidenced by earliest Khasara records), not as an adverse possessor, he could not acquire ownership rights under Section 210 of the Zamindari Abolition Act without proving he had asserted adverse title for the prescribed period to the mortgagor's knowledge—which was never established on record. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.