Schedule of Property — plot of land with structure thereon

Two neighbours in Panvel dispute a wall. One says the plot is his, the other says the boundary is three feet over. The sale deed from twenty years ago describes the land as the plot behind the temple. Which temple, which plot, and which wall? A description that seemed enough on the day of signing is no help in court. The schedule at the end of a deed or plaint is the part that answers the question where exactly the property is.

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The schedule of property is the part of a deed, plaint or agreement that describes the immovable property so exactly that it can be identified on the ground: address, survey or plot number, area, boundaries on all four sides, and the structure standing on it.

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