1. The facts leading to the above applications are as follows:

“O.P.No.718/2000 was filed by respondents 1 and 2 in A.No. 4213/2001 for Letters of Administration in the matter of the last Will and Testament of A.K. Govindaraja Mudaliar and Smt. Abidagujambal, both deceased. Govindaraja Mudaliar was the grandfather of respondents 1 and 2. He purchased the property subject matter of the Will in the name of his wife, Abidagujambal in 1943. The applicants herein were respondents 1 and 2 in O.P.No.718/2000. The third respondent is a son of Govindaraja Mudaliar. The four th respondent is the mother of the petitioners and respondents 5 to 7 their sisters. Govindaraja Mudaliar and Abidagujambal executed a Will on 13.3.1967 in favour of the petitioners. Govindaraja Mudaliar died on 5.6.1969 and Abidagujambal died on 16.1.2000. Respondents 3 to 7 in the O.P. gave their consent affidavits for issuing Letters of Administration in favour of the petitioners. Respondents l and 2/applicants herein were served, but they had not filed any caveat. The Will was drafted by one Loganathan. The attesting witnesses having passed away the son of one of the attesting witnesses filed an affidavit