Court : Allahabad
Decided on : Aug-11-1910
Reported in : 7Ind.Cas.680
..... officers of government in their transactions with the people, to the collector, to the magistrate, and above all to the judge (p. 74).31. in the second chapter should be recorded under paragraph 14 the custom relating to pre-emption. they dwell upon the extreme importance to the people of a carefully prepared record-of-rights and upon ..... judicial enquir on the spot regarding the various matters contained therein.(iii) that in the absence of proof to the contrary credit should be given to him for having acted with honesty and discretion within the limits of his authority.(iv) that wherein his record differs from the record of 1839, he made complete what he decided was ..... re-called to the direction to settlement officers, which call the attention of settlement officers to the fact that (i) the formation of the record-of-rights is a judicial, act (p. 21), (ii) the object of his investigation is not to create new rights, but to define those that exist (p. 46), (iii) that completeness of record .....
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