One Mr. Mathew J. Kollamparambil had executed two Wills on 16-11-1972 and 16-11-1978. As per the Will of 1972, Sri. A.A. Joseph, Advocate, Kottayam was appointed Executor. Under the Will of 1978, Sri. V.J. Pappoo was appointed the Executor. Sri. Mathew J. Kollamparambil died on 18th April, 1979. Thereupon the Executors under the above-mentioned Wills approached this Court for getting probate issued with the respective Wills attached to it. Executor under the Will dated 16-11-1972 moved this Court by filing O.P. 1327 of 1980 and the Executor under the Will of 1978 filed O.P. 1874 of 1979 for identical relief. Respondents in this Original Petitions questioned the genuineness of the Will and consequently the matters became contentious. Thereupon O.P. 1874 of 1979 was converted as O.S.1 of 1984. O.P. 1327 of 1980 has been re-numbered as O.S.2 of 1984. As per the rules framed under the Indian Succession Act, 1925 where two or more applications for probate relating to the same estate are filed, the Court shall order those applications to be consolidated and heard as if there were only one proceeding. One of the applications has to be chosen for the said purpose and the partie