#MP Municipalities Act

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has ruled that an administrative order cancelling mutation on grounds of a forged will cannot stand after the petitioner’s criminal acquittal for the same forgery. The Collector must now re-examine the mutation application afresh, with full opportunity to all parties, as the acquittal undermines the factual basis of the original order and upholds the primacy of natural justice in land records.

Madhya Pradesh High Court ruled that under Section 41-A of the MP Municipalities Act, 1961, the power to remove a Nagar Parishad President rests exclusively with the State Government, not the Collector. The court stayed proceedings initiated by the Collector, emphasizing jurisdictional overreach and violation of statutory authority.