#Section 31A

Bombay High Court holds that Section 31A of the Bombay Prevention of Fragmentation and Consolidation of Holdings Act, 1947, is confined to correcting clerical errors and does not empower authorities to reopen consolidation schemes for substantive mistakes. The ruling reinforces the finality of revenue records post-consolidation, impacting landowners and revenue authorities in property disputes.

Bombay High Court holds that clerical errors in consolidation schemes can be corrected under Section 31A even after decades, if possession was never transferred and compensation never paid.