Baba Budan Archives · Court Records
BD-COURT-1891-01
A printed proclamation of sale issued by the Munsiff’s Court of the Chikmagalur Sub-Division, Kadur District, in execution proceedings concerning a coffee estate recorded as Survey No. 296. The notice identifies several defendants, including Syed Khader Basha Khadri, and announces an intended public auction; it is not proof that a sale was completed.
A Court Notice, Not a Title Deed
The case and publication details appearing in the original printed proclamation.
Issuing court: Court of the Munsiff, Chikmagalur Sub-Division, Kadur District, Mysore.
Document heading: “Proclamation of Sale,” dated 9 February 1891, reproduced in The Mysore Gazette of 26 February 1891 (visible in the scan).
Original suit: No. 213 of 1882, on the file of the late Subordinate Judge Court, Kadur District.
Execution: No. 488 of 1890, on the file of the Munsiff’s Court; the proclamation also refers to Original Suit No. 258 of 1890 in explaining the execution history.
Documentary basis: Four-page scanned extract of a contemporary printed proclamation preserved in the archive’s research collection. The notice date (9 February) and Gazette publication date (26 February) are distinct.
Names Recorded in the Notice
Names are presented using the corrected spellings supplied for this archive; the original printed source remains reproduced below.
The printed notice identifies the plaintiff as Davangere Bhima Row, with a described transfer of the decree to B. A. Britto. It lists defendants including Syed Khader Basha Khadri, Khalander Bi, wife of Syed Momin Basha Khadri, Syed Jamal Shah Khadri and Anthoni Britto, together with another named defendant. The corrected personal-name spellings are supplied by the archive editor. The nineteenth-century printed notice may use different spellings; the original scans remain the primary evidence.
The notice states that an attached coffee estate was to be sold in execution of a decree and advertises a public auction at Chikmagalur on 11 March 1891 at 11 a.m., subject to the stated court procedure.
Survey No. 296 · 127 Acres 23 Guntas
A property description from the proclamation—not an independent verification of ownership.
The printed schedule identifies Survey No. 296, with an extent of 127 acres and 23 guntas. It describes a coffee estate near the village identified in the printed text as Dattatreya Peetha and refers to Attigundi and the surrounding hill tract.
The schedule records coffee cultivation, estate features, an assessment entry and descriptive statements about trees, access and boundaries. These are particulars supplied for the proposed sale, not an independent modern cadastral survey.
One passage associates the estate with a registered patta from 1861 and an earlier holder named in the schedule. Because the historical chain of title requires separate supporting instruments, the archive does not treat that reference as conclusive proof of ownership.
Evidence and Its Limits
Read the legal character of the document carefully.
What it directly records
- A printed court proclamation dated 9 February 1891 and published in the Mysore Gazette on 26 February 1891.
- Execution proceedings arising from earlier civil litigation.
- An intended auction on 11 March 1891.
- A property schedule for Survey No. 296, 127 acres 23 guntas.
- The appearance of Syed Khader Basha Khadri among the named defendants.
What it does not establish
- That the advertised auction actually took place.
- That a purchaser paid the price or received a sale certificate.
- That possession or legal title passed to any person.
- That the described estate represents all lands held or claimed by the Darga.
- Any final determination of modern survey or ownership status.
The Printed Historical Source
All four scanned pages are embedded directly into this HTML. No synthetic facsimile is used.
Court Process in the Coffee-Land Record
Read this item alongside the separate Inam and revenue records.
The proclamation belongs to the Court Records collection. It provides evidence of civil execution proceedings affecting a described coffee estate in the Baba Budan hill region. It should be read alongside, but not conflated with, the 1882 coffee-land claims dossier (BD-INAM-1882-01), the 1884 Dewan’s proceedings (BD-INAM-1884-01), and the 1889 Syed Isuf Ali Shah Khadri land claim (BD-LAND-1889-02). These documents concern different proceedings and should not be treated as one continuous legal determination.
Further Records Required
A sale proclamation is one step in a longer judicial process. The printed notice does not establish that the scheduled sale was completed.
To determine whether the advertised sale was held and whether any transfer followed, researchers would need the auction result, court confirmation, sale certificate, delivery-of-possession record and any subsequent revenue mutation or appellate proceedings. None of those outcomes is established by the proclamation alone.
Editorial note: Historic spellings such as “Syed Khader Basha Khadri” are retained as they appear in the scanned record. The archive does not equate similarly named individuals without independent evidence.
Preserving the Record, Distinguishing the Claim
BD-COURT-1891-01 · A genuine printed court proclamation documenting a proposed sale—not proof of its completion or of present-day title.