( 1 ) ON the 12th March 1954, opposite party No. 1 Dhanabanta Debi applied before the District Judge, Howrah, for being appointed guardian of the person and property of her minor sons Syamser Sarma, Biswanath Sarma, Srinath Sarma and Sewbachan Sarma. In her said application, the opposite party No. 1 alleged inter alia that the said minors were her sons by her deceased husband Pandit Shanta Ram sarma and wore living with her under her care and in her custody, that they were owners in possession of holding No. 02 Sanatan Mistry Lane, Salkia, and that their debts amounted to Rs. 3,200/ -. The application, however, did not contain any very specific relevant statement as to why it was necessary to appoint a guardian of the property of the minors. This defect appears to have been cured by subsequent applications, from which it appears that the minors' only source of maintenance was the income from the tenants of the said property and there was difficulty in the matter of realisation of rents from those tenants. The only near relative, mentioned in the guardianship application, was the minor's mother, the applicant herself.

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