Revenue Appellate Authority, Jodhpur
The Revenue Appellate Authority at Jodhpur hears appeals against the orders of revenue officers — Tehsildars, SDOs and Collectors — in land record, mutation and revenue partition matters.
Land disputes in Rajasthan run on two parallel tracks and confusing them wastes years. Agricultural land, mutation entries and revenue partition go through the revenue hierarchy — Tehsildar, SDO, Collector, then this Authority. Title, declaration and injunction go to the civil court. The same piece of land can genuinely involve both.
Above this Authority sits the Board of Revenue — and it is important to know that the Board sits at Ajmer, not at Jodhpur. Second appeals and revisions travel there, and from the Board a writ lies to the Rajasthan High Court here. People are frequently told otherwise.
For families whose land is in Rajasthan while they live in Maharashtra or Gujarat, the revenue track is usually where their problem actually sits, because nobody has been present to answer a mutation notice.
What it hears
- Appeals against mutation and jamabandi entries
- Revenue partition of agricultural holdings
- Conversion and land-use disputes
- Orders of Tehsildars, SDOs and Collectors
What to bring
- Current jamabandi and the mutation entry in dispute
- The order being appealed against
- Every deed in the chain of title, not only your own
Where it sits
Jodhpur, at the divisional headquarters. TODO: confirm the office address.
Other courts and tribunals
High Court
The Rajasthan High Court has its principal seat at Jodhpur; the bench at Jaipur is the secondary seat, not the other way round.
District Court
The District & Sessions Court at Jodhpur is the principal trial court of the district — it hears sessions-triable criminal cases, bail in serious matters, and civil suits above the magistrate's pecuniary limit.
Family Court
The Family Court at Jodhpur hears matrimonial and family matters — divorce, judicial separation, maintenance, custody and restitution of conjugal rights — under the Family Courts Act, 1984.
MACT
The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal at Jodhpur decides claims for compensation arising out of road accidents, under the Motor Vehicles Act.
Consumer Commission
The Consumer Commission at Jodhpur hears complaints against sellers and service providers under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 — from defective goods to builders who do not deliver possession.
CAT
The Central Administrative Tribunal bench at Jodhpur hears service disputes of central government employees — recruitment, promotion, seniority, transfer, disciplinary action and pension.
Magistrate courts
The magistrate courts at Jodhpur, headed by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, are where a criminal case first reaches a judge — cognizance, remand, and the trial of offences not triable by the Sessions Court.
Lok Adalat
A Lok Adalat is a settlement forum under the Legal Services Authorities Act whose award is final and binding, with no appeal against it — which is both its advantage and the reason to think before consenting.
DRT (Jaipur)
The Debts Recovery Tribunal that covers Jodhpur sits at Jaipur, not at Jodhpur — bank recovery applications and borrowers' challenges under Section 17 of the SARFAESI Act from this district are filed and heard there.
Tell me what has happened
A few lines is enough. If it is urgent — an arrest, a frozen account, a notice with a date on it — call rather than write.