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Maral v. the District Collector

Madras HC19 Dec 2025WP/49474/2025

Case brief

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What is this about?

Legal heir certificate; succession certificate; writ of Mandamus under Article 226 of Constitution of India; objection by co-Class-I legal heir (daughter-in-law) not a ground for denial; Class I legal heirs; District Collector Dharmapuri; Tahsildar Nallampalli Taluk; guidelines in G.O.Ms.No.478 dated 29.09.2022; one-month timeline for issuance; two weeks for fresh application; W.P.No.49474 of 2025; decided 19.12.2025; N. Sathish Kumar, J.; disposed of, no costs.

What did the court decide?

Writ petition disposed of with a direction to the respondents to consider the petitioner's application and issue the legal heir certificate to the Class I legal heirs within one month of receipt of the application (fresh application permitted within two weeks if the original is not on file); no order as to costs. ¶28

Maral Vs the District Collector — Writ and Judicial Review | Madras HC (2025)

What the court decided

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether a legal heir certificate sought by the petitioner can be denied merely because another legal heir (her daughter-in-law) raised an objection to the application. +1 more

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Court's answer

The petitioner is a Class I legal heir along with her daughter-in-law and grandchildren; a legal heir certificate cannot be denied merely because an objection was raised by other legal heirs.

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Ratio / Principle

The respondents are directed to consider the petitioner's application and issue the legal heir certificate; if the application is not on file, the petitioner may make a fresh application within two weeks from receipt of a copy of the order.

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Key takeaways

Upon receipt of the application, the respondents are directed to issue the legal heir certificate to the Class I legal heirs within a period of one month thereafter.ratio¶27

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Madras High Court (N. Sathish Kumar, J., 19.12.2025), W.P.No.49474 of 2025: The petitioner, mother of the deceased Rangasamy, sought a writ of Mandamus under Article 226 directing the District Collector, Dharmapuri and the Tahsildar, Nallampalli Taluk to issue a legal heir/succession certificate on her representation dated 20.10.2025, her earlier application dated 05.08.2025 having been rejected on the objection of her daughter-in-law. Held: the petitioner is a Class I legal heir along with her daughter-in-law and grandchildren, and a legal heir certificate cannot be denied merely because other legal heirs raise an objection. The respondents were directed to consider the application and issue the certificate to the Class I legal heirs within one month of receipt (with liberty to file a fresh application within two weeks if the original application was not on record), the certificate to be issued as per the guidelines in G.O.Ms.No.478 dated 29.09.2022. Writ petition disposed of; no order as to costs.

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W.P.No.49474 of 2025

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRASOF

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Dated: 19.12.2025

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C O R A M

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THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N. SATHISH KUMAR

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W.P.No.49474 of 2025

Maral

... Petitioner

The District Collector Collectorate Office Dharmapuri District

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The Tahsildar Tahsildar Office Nallampalli Taluk Dharmapuri District

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..Respondents

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Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India for issuance of Writ of Mandamus, directing the respondents to give succession certificate (Legal Heir Certificate) on the basis of petitioner's representation dated 20.10.2025.

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For Petitioner : Mr.M.Saravanakumar

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For Respondents : Mr.Yogesh Kanndasan Special Government Pleader

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ORDER

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This writ petition has been filed seeking a direction to the respondents

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to give succession certificate (Legal Heir Certificate) on the basis of petitioner's representation dated 20.10.2025.

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W.P.No.49474 of 2025 2. The case of the petitioner is that she applied for legal heir/succession certificate on 05.08.2025 on account of death of her son viz., Rangasamy, but the said application was rejected based on the objection raised by her daughter-in-law. Hence, the petitioner sent a representation on 20.10.2025, but till date no action has been taken on the said representation. Hence, the present writ petition.

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Mr.Yogesh Kannadasan, learned Special Government Pleader, who accepted notice on behalf of the respondents, submitted that the legal heir certificate will be issued as per the guidelines issued in G.O.Ms.No.478 dated 29.09.2022.

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Admittedly, the petitioner is a Class I legal heir along with her daughter-in-law and grandchildren. Such being the position, merely because there was an objection raised by other legal heirs, the legal heir certificate cannot be denied.

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Therefore, the respondents are directed to consider the application of the petitioner and issue legal heir certificate. If the application of the petitioner is not received by the respondents, the petitioner is at liberty to make a fresh application within a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Upon receipt of such application, the respondents are directed to issue a legal heir certificate to the Class I legal 2/4

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heirs within a period of one month thereafter.

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This writ petition is disposed of with the above direction. There shall

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be no order as to costs.

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