[2025:RJ-JP:7391] HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 950/2002 Bhimraj Son Of Bherulal, Age 52 Years, Resident Of Village Bhagwanpura, Tahsil Khanpur, District Jhalawar. ----Petitioners Versus 1. State Of Rajasthan, Through Tahsildar, Khanpur, District Jhalawar. 2. Board Of Revenue For Rajasthan, Ajmer. 3. Revenue Appellant Authority, Kota. 4. Sub-Divisional Officer, Aklera, District Jhalawar. 5. Gram Panchayat, Through Sarpanch, Bhagwanpura, Tehsil Khanpur, District Jhalawar. 6. Ram Kalyan Son Of Bherulal, Resident Of Bhagwanpura, Tehsil Khanpur, District Jhalawar. 7. Tulsi Ram Son Of Prabhu Lal, Resident Of Gehu Khedi, Tahsil Khanpur, District Jhalawar. 8. Ghan Shyam Son Of Prabhu Lal, Resident Of Gehu Khedi, Tehsil Sangod, District Kota. 9. Jagdish Son Of Prabhu Lal, Resident Of Village Gehu Khedi, Tahsil Sangod, District Kota. 10. 11. Pushpa Bai Daughter Of Prabhu Lal, Resident Of Village Gehu Khedi, Tahsil Sangod, District Kota. Smt. Ramnati Wife Of Prabhu Lal, Resident Of Village Gehu Khedi, Tehsil Sangod, District Kota. (Since Deceased) ----Respondents For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Saket Pareek with Mr. Aditya Pareek For Respondent(s) : Mr. Sanjay Mehrishi with Mr. Rakesh Saini HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MAHENDAR KUMAR GOYAL Order 19/02/2025 Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that since, it has been held by the Revenue Appellate Authority, Kota and has been affirmed by the Board of Revenue, Rajasthan, Ajmer that the revenue Courts do not have jurisdiction to declare the family [2025:RJ-JP:7391] (2 of 2) [CW-950/2002] status of the parties and it is civil Court only which can do so, he may be permitted to invoke the jurisdiction of the Civil Court for declaration of his rights. Learned counsel for the respondents does not dispute that the revenue Courts do not have jurisdiction to declare the family status of the parties and it is the civil Court only which can do so. In view thereof, this writ petition is disposed of in terms that the petitioner is at liberty to approach the civil Court for declaration of his family status and the findings recorded by the revenue Court, qua the merits of the case, if any, shall not come in way. Pending application(s), if any, also stands disposed of accordingly. (MAHENDAR KUMAR GOYAL),J GAURAV/10