JUDGMENT :

1. Heard Smt S.A.V.Ratnam, learned counsel for the appellants and Sri M. Bala Subramanyam, learned counsel for the respondents.

2. The present Appeal is filed under Section 384 of Indian Succession Act r/w Section 19 of the Family Courts Act assailing the Order dated 31.10.2005 in S.O.P.No. 1440 of 2000 on the file of the learned Judge, Family Court, Visakhapatnam.

3. The facts of the case are like this:- The respondent nos.1 and 2 herein filed a petition under Section 372 r/w 33 of the Indian Succession Act for issuance of the succession certificate to declare them as legal heirs of the deceased late Goginapudi Venkata Ramana (hereinafter referred to as “the deceased”) as class-I legal heirs of the deceased to realize the terminal benefits of late Goginapudi Venkata Ramana, who worked as peon-cum-messenger vide code no. 15559 in Andhra Bank, Chodavaram Branch.

4. The case of the 1st respondent herein is that she got married to the deceased as per the Hindu rites and customs and they lived happily for about three (3) years. Later, the deceased got employed as Messenger in Andhra Bank, Yellamanachili Branch and he got addicted to bad vices. As such the 1st respondent has