JUDGMENT

Najmi Waziri, J.

Facts:

1. These three appeals impugn the judgment passed by the learned Single Judge on 03.07.2012 dismissing the appellant's Testamentary Case No. 26/1987 seeking probate of the last Will and Testament dated 30.10.1985, executed by Late Raja Bahadur Sardar Singh of Khetri (`Testator'). While FAO(OS) 347/2012 has been filed by the Trustees of the Khetri Trust, the beneficiary under the Will, FAO(OS) 348/2012 has been filed by the sole surviving Executor of the Will, both of whom challenge the dismissal of the petition. FAO(OS) 349/2012 filed by the State of Rajasthan impugns the judgement to the limited extent that the Trustees of the Khetri Trust (Appellants in FAO(OS)(347/2012)) were permitted to be impleaded.

Background to the dispute

2. The Testator was a well educated man, having studied at Cambridge University and completed his Bar-at-Law from England. He was a Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) as well as India.s Ambassador to Laos. Being conscious of the fact that he had no Legal Heirs (`LRs'), the Testator deliberated with qualified persons from the fields of finance and law, about the treatment of his estate after his demise. Two such professiona