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A land development agreement may promise the landowner a share of future units and the developer a right to build. Without verification of title, approvals and possession, both parties can commit substantial value to a project that cannot lawfully.
Co-ownership is common in inherited land, but it does not always entitle a co-owner to treat a particular area as exclusively theirs. Disputes arise when one heir sells an undivided interest, another builds on a portion and a third seeks formal partition years.
A certified revenue mutation may show that land has been entered in a purchaser's name, but mutation is not itself a substitute for proving title. In Punjab, land acquisition requires examination of the underlying transactions, succession history and any limitations on ownership or.