HIMA KOHLI, J.

I.A. 2255/2015 (by the petitioners for exemption from furnishing the surety)

1. The present application has been filed by the petitioners praying inter alia that they be exempted from furnishing a surety in terms of the order dated 18.09.2013, whereunder letters of administration have been granted in favour of the petitioner No.1 in respect of the estate of their deceased father, late Shri Tarini Prasad Sinha.

2. The petitioners, who are siblings, had filed a petition under Section 278 of the Indian Succession Act, 1925 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), praying inter alia that letters of administration be granted in respect of the estate of their father, late Shri Tarini Prasad Sinha. The said petition was uncontested and after the petitioners filed their evidence, the same was allowed. Vide order dated 18.09.2013, letters of administration in respect of the estate of the deceased were granted in favour of the petitioner No.1, subject to payment of the requisite court fee, valuation of the Gurgaon property and upon his furnishing an Administration Bond with one surety to the satisfaction of the Registrar General.

3. Counsel for the petitioners states t