JUDGMENT - Dr. (Mrs.) P.D. UPASANI, J. :---Both these petitions will be disposed of by this common judgment and order.

2.Smt. Ashabai Shripati Mane is a common respondent in both these petitions who was granted Letters of Administration with respect to the property of her deceased husband Shripati Nana Mane. The said respondent Ashabai Mane had filed Petition No. 591 of 1990 for being granted Letters of Administration and the grant was made in her favour on 3-12-1991. The present petitions are filed by one Sharad Shankarrao Mane (Misc. Petition No. 14 of 1994) and one Namdev Govind Dhavale (Misc. Petition No. 4 of 1995) for revocation of the said grant under section 263 of the Indian Succession Act.

3.It is the case of Sharad Mane who is the petitioner in Misc. Petition No. 14 of 1994 that he is the nephew of Shripati Nana Mane (brother's-son). It is his contention that the respondent Smt. Ashabai Mane was never married to his uncle Shripati Mane who died intestate. It is his case that though the respondent Ashabai Mane claims to be the wife of the said deceased Shripati Nana Mane, she was not legally married to him and that in fact she was earlier married to one Kashid and that her

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