There is evidence to be had from an Action Research Project in Puri district of Orissa that the revenue officials connive with the landlords to delete entries in record-of-rights to disempower the assignees in respect of the land that they have enjoyed for decades. They plead their incapacity to help and palm off the problem to the Civil Courts where the assignees do not stand even the ghost of a chance. In this article we examine some of the findings from the Action Research Study conducted in 10 villages of Puri and Brahmagiri Blocks of Puri district in Orissa.