Srinagar, May 20 -- Disposing of a petition, a bench of Justice Javed Iqbal Wani also directed the Revenue Officer to either inquire into the objection following the civil trial procedure provided under the Code of Civil Procedure. "if a partition order attains finality, the Revenue Officer is empowered to deliver the possession accordingly," the court said.

The court was hearing a petition filed by one Ashok Toshkhani, a Srinagar resident, seeking quashing of an order passed by the District Magistrate Srinagar regarding demarcation and possession of immovable property comprising 4.5 Kanals of land along with the residential house existing thereon to the extent of her share.

She was aggrieved of the consequential order dated 28 February...