{"id":107878,"date":"2009-07-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-22T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sheela-devi-vs-general-public-on-23-july-2009"},"modified":"2016-03-07T22:13:43","modified_gmt":"2016-03-07T16:43:43","slug":"sheela-devi-vs-general-public-on-23-july-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sheela-devi-vs-general-public-on-23-july-2009","title":{"rendered":"Sheela Devi vs General Public on 23 July, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"
Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n
Sheela Devi vs General Public on 23 July, 2009<\/div>\n
 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH\n\n                              CASE NO.: F.A.O No.177 of 2005\n                              DATE OF DECISION : July 23,2009\n\n\nSheela Devi                                          .......Appellant\n\n                          versus\n\nGeneral Public\n                                                    ......Respondent\n\n\nCORAM :       HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NIRMALJIT KAUR\n\nPRESENT: Mr. H.S. Saggu, Advocate\n         for the appellant.\n\n\nNIRMALJIT KAUR, J.\n<\/pre>\n
              The appellant, Sheela Devi had applied for succession<\/p>\n
certificate to claim the amount lying with the Punjab State Electricity Board<\/p>\n
(here-in-after referred to as `P.S.E.B.’) which became due on the death of<\/p>\n
Hans Raj, brother of the appellant, in view of registered Will executed by<\/p>\n
deceased-Hans Raj. Learned Additional Civil Judge (Sr. Divn.), Dhuri,<\/p>\n
exercising the powers of District Judge under Indian Succession Act,<\/p>\n
refused to grant the certificate to the appellant. The petition under Section<\/p>\n
372 of the Indian Succession Act, was dismissed, firstly, on the ground<\/p>\n
that the appellant should file a civil suit to get a declaration that she is the<\/p>\n
only legal heir and secondly, the appellant did not disclose that the<\/p>\n
deceased had a divorced wife.\n<\/p>\n
              In the petition filed under Section 372 of the Indian Succession<\/p>\n
Act, notice was given to the General Public. P.S.E.B. put in appearance<\/p>\n
and contended in order to rebut the evidence, produced by the appellant,<\/p>\n
they produced Exhibit R-1, the original letter written by Hans Raj,<\/p>\n
wherein, he had mentioned that he was married. While dismissing the<\/p>\n
petition under Section 372 of the Indian Succession Act, reliance was<\/p>\n
placed on the Rules, produced by the witness of P.S.E.B and reliance was
\n F.A.O No.177 of 2005                                                 -2-<\/span><\/p>\n
placed on Rule 6.16 B of Punjab Civil Services Rules, Chapter-VI, Volume-<\/p>\n
II, wherein, the “family” includes “wife or wives” including judicially<\/p>\n
separated “wife or wives” in the case of the male officer and as per Rule<\/p>\n
16.16-A, family of the deceased is eligible for pension and other benefit of<\/p>\n
service after the death of male officer and since the appellant had not<\/p>\n
impleaded any family member of the deceased nor had sought any<\/p>\n
declaration regarding the fact that she is only legal heir of the deceased,<\/p>\n
the appellant was not entitled to the Succession Certificate.<\/p>\n
              It is evident from the order of the trial Court that Sheela Devi<\/p>\n
had herself appeared as her own witness AW1 and examined AW2<\/p>\n
Parkash Chand, AW3 Gandhi Singh, Advocate, AW4 Som Nath Malhotra<\/p>\n
and thereafter closed the evidence. To rebut this evidence, P.S.E.B.<\/p>\n
examined Kahan Singh RW1, Gurdial Singh RW2 and thereafter, they<\/p>\n
closed the evidence. Sheela Devi, when appeared in the witness box as<\/p>\n
AW1, deposed that Hans Raj was her brother. His mother has died. He has<\/p>\n
executed a registered Will on 11-04-1997 in her favour and on the basis of<\/p>\n
this Will, she is entitled to receive the amount ofRs.75,000\/- lying deposited<\/p>\n
with P.S.E.B, after the death of his brother Hans Raj. Parkash Chand<\/p>\n
(AW2) deposed that on 11-04-1997, Hans Raj has executed a Will in<\/p>\n
favour of Sheela Devi, which was read over and explained to him, who after<\/p>\n
admitting its correctness, signed the same in his presence and proved the<\/p>\n
same as Ex.A1. He deposed that when the Will had been executed in<\/p>\n
favour of Sheela Devi, Hans Raj was in sound disposing mind.<\/p>\n
Gandhi Singh, Advocate (AW3) also proved the execution of the<\/p>\n
Will, copy of which is Ex.P1. Som Nath Malhotra (AW4) deposed<\/p>\n
that   Hans    Raj   was   working   in   P.S.E.B.   He   has   brought    the<\/p>\n
service record. As leave encashment of 227 days, amount of which come
\n F.A.O No.177 of 2005                                                      -3-<\/span><\/p>\n
to Rs.33,657\/-. G.P amount is Rs.48,447\/- which is payable to him.<\/p>\n
Balance salary is lying of Rs.12,153\/-, Ex-gratia amount comes to<\/p>\n
Rs.50,000\/-.\n<\/p>\n
               Notice of motion was issued in this case and the General<\/p>\n
Public was ordered to be served through publication in “Chardi Kalan”. As<\/p>\n
per the Office report, General Public was duly served. However, no one<\/p>\n
has put in appearance on behalf of the General Public. It may be pointed<\/p>\n
out that the P.S.E.B had appeared in the Court of Civil Judge, Dhuri, in<\/p>\n
response to the Public Notice to the General Public. However, no one has<\/p>\n
put in appearance in the present appeal. The deceased had a divorced<\/p>\n
wife. The observations of the trial Court that the appellant did not disclose<\/p>\n
the fact in her application, is therefore, not valid, in as much as, exhibit R-1<\/p>\n
which was produced by the P.S.E.B and relied upon by the trial Court itself<\/p>\n
mentioned that he has obtained divorce from his wife. Thus, at the time of<\/p>\n
filing of the application i.e. on 20-05-1999, there was no other relative of<\/p>\n
the deceased because the wife of the deceased was divorced much earlier.<\/p>\n
Further, none has raised any objection, even the said divorced wife, to the<\/p>\n
claim of the applicant. So, there is no family or alleged legal heir has come<\/p>\n
forward   to     contest   the   grant   of   succession    certificate    claimed<\/p>\n
by the appellant. The relevant rule, relied on by the Additional Civil Judge<\/p>\n
(Sr. Divn.), Dhuri, while dismissing the petition of the appellant, is<\/p>\n
reproduced below :-\n<\/p>\n
                   ” Rule 6.16 B of Punjab Civil Services Rules,
\n               Chapter-VI, Volume-II     :    “family” includes “wife or
\n               wives” including judicially separated “wife or wives” in
\n               the case of the male officer and as per Rule 16.16-A
\n F.A.O No.177 of 2005                                                     -4-<\/span><\/p>\n
            “family of the deceased is eligible for pension and
\n            other benefit of service after the death of male officer.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
            A perusal of the above Rule show that the family does not<\/p>\n
include a divorced wife. The judicially separated “wife or wives” is a wife<\/p>\n
and not a divorced wife and would be termed `widow’ after the death of her<\/p>\n
husband. The divorced wife does not fall under the definition of legal heir.<\/p>\n
Thus, the reliance placed on the above mentioned rules, in order to deny<\/p>\n
the Succession Certificate, on the ground the divorced wife was not<\/p>\n
impleaded as party or she was not mentioned as the surviving legal heir,<\/p>\n
cannot be sustained. On the directions of this Court, the appellant filed her<\/p>\n
affidavit dated 28-05-2007 with the following declaration :-<\/p>\n
            ” 1.That deponent is real sister of deceased Hans Raj
\n            regarding whom succession certificate is being claimed
\n            by her.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
            2. That said Hans Raj did not have any son or daughter,
\n               brother or sister or any other legal heir.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
            3. That his wife obtained divorce more than 15 years
\n               before his death on 09-01-1999 and she never
\n               claimed any right to the estate of deceased Hans Raj.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
            4. That even according to Will executed by said Hans
\n               Raj dated 11-04-1997 which was duly proved on the
\n               record, the deponent is entitled to succeed to the
\n               estate of said Hans Raj.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
            5. That the deponent is the only legal heir of said Hans
\n               Raj and is entitled to grant of succession certificate as
\n               prayed for.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
            In view of the above discussion, it is apparent that deponent is<\/p>\n
the only legal heir of the deceased-Hans Raj. The wife obtained divorce<\/p>\n
and is, therefore, not a legal heir. Rather, she too has not come forward to
\n F.A.O No.177 of 2005                                              -5-<\/span><\/p>\n
contest the claim of the appellant. No alleged family member has come<\/p>\n
forward to contest the claim.\n<\/p>\n
            Taking into evidence produced by Sheela Devi and affidavit<\/p>\n
dated 28-05-2007 placed on record and none having appeared on behalf of<\/p>\n
the General Public, despite service, there is no impediment in allowing the<\/p>\n
appeal.\n<\/p>\n
            Accordingly, the same is accepted and the order of the<\/p>\n
Additional Civil Judge (Sr. Divn.). Dhuri dated 20-10-2004 is set aside and<\/p>\n
the Succession Certificate to the estate of Hans Raj son of Fakir Chand<\/p>\n
resident of Dhri to collect the amount lying with the P.S.E.B., Ludhiana is<\/p>\n
ordered to be issued.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
                                            (NIRMALJIT KAUR)
\n                                                 JUDGE
\nJuly 23, 2009
\ngurpreet<\/p>\n
            Whether to be referred to the Reporter : Yes \/ No\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Punjab-Haryana High Court Sheela Devi vs General Public on 23 July, 2009 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CASE NO.: F.A.O No.177 of 2005 DATE OF DECISION : July 23,2009 Sheela Devi …….Appellant versus General Public ……Respondent CORAM : HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE NIRMALJIT KAUR PRESENT: Mr. H.S. 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