Mandar Ramkrishna Matkar v. Ramkrishna Narayan Matkar
Testamentary Petition – Letters of Administration – Uncontested
Case brief
What is this about?
Uncontested testamentary petition before the Bombay High Court Testamentary Department (OSD Shri P. A. Jagdale), decided 20th January 2026. Keywords: Letters of Administration; Indian Succession Act, 1925; Hindu Succession Act, 1956 (raised in counsel's submission); Bombay High Court (O.S.) Rules, 1980 Rules 382, 396, 397(1) and (4); citation and notice board publication; notice to Collector; uncontested petition; administrative bond exemption; sole Class-I heir; grant effective throughout State of Maharashtra; account to be filed per Petitioner's Oath; verification of no cross-petition or caveat before issuance. Parties: petitioner Mandar Ramkrishna Matkar; deceased Ramkrishna Narayan Matkar (died 12-01-2016 at Mumbai). Advocates: Mahesh Ambavale i/b Sumitra Kajale for the petitioner. Related order relied upon: TP Nos. 2556 & 2559 of 2022 dated 28.02.2023.
What did the court decide?
Letters of Administration granted to the petitioner for the properties left by the deceased and shown in the schedule, in the prescribed format, having effect throughout the State of Maharashtra under the Indian Succession Act, 1925; petitioner directed to file an account as undertaken in the Petitioner's Oath within the stipulated period; office to verify, before issuance of the grant, that no cross-petition is pending or caveat resisting the petition is filed.