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Whether the plaintiff proves that defendant No.1 and 2 have falsely created a document as if he has executed partition deed and created fabricated records as alleged in para. 4 of the plaint? 3. Whether the plaintiff further proves that the sale deed executed by the defendant No.1 in respect of partition of the suit land in favour of defendant No.3 and 4 is not binding on him? - 12 - 4. Whether the defendants No.1 and 2 prove that the plaintiff himself has voluntarily executed partition deed in their favour in respect of the suit land and they became absolute owners? 5. Whether the defendants No.3 and 4 prove that they are bonafide purchasers of portion of the suit land bearing R.S.No.103/1 as alleged in their written statement and they are in possession of the same? 6. Whether the plaintiff proves the alleged Interference by the defendants? 7. Whether court fee paid by the plaintiff is proper? (Decided on 12.12.2012) 8. 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It is true that the entries in the revenue record ought, generally, to be accepted at their face value and courts should not embark upon an appellate inquiry in to their correctness. But the presumption of correctness can apply only to genuine, not forged or fraudulent, entries. The distinction may be fine but it is real. The distinction is that one cannot challenge the correctness of what the entry is the revenue record states but the entry is open to the attack that it was made fraudulently or surreptitiously. Fraud and forgery rob a document of all its legal effect and cannot found a claim to possessory title. 15. In Amba Prasad v. Abdul Noor Khan – (1964) 7 SCC 800, it was held by this Court that Section 20 of the U.P. Act 1 of 1951 does not require proof of actual possession and that its purpose is to eliminate inquiries into disputed possession by acceptance of the entries in the Khasra or Khatauni of 1356 Fasli. While commenting on this decision, this Court observed in Sonawati v. Sri Ram – (1968) 1 SCR 617, 620 that the Civil Court in adjudging a claim of a person to the rights of an adhivasi is not called upon to make an enquiry whether the claimant was actually in possession of the land or held the right as an occupant: cases of fraud apart, the entry in the record alone is relevant. 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