JUDGMENT :

Pushpa Sathyanarayana, J.

1. This Writ Petition has been filed challenging the Order of the Respondent in Na.Ka. No. 2964/2016/A3, dated 10.8.2016, and consequently, seeking for a direction to the Respondent to issue Legal Heir Certificate to the Petitioner in the light of Order of this Court, dated 25.9.2014 made in W.P.(MD) No. 16233 of 2014.

2. The case of the Petitioner is that one Ms. A. Reginamary, who was working as Special Grade Maternity Assistant in the Government Hospital, Porayar. The Petitioner claims that he was adopted as per Christian rituals and customs, when he was five years old. The said Reginamary has nominated the Petitioner's name for the purpose of getting all her F.S.F., SPFGS, G.P.F., D.C.R.G. and Family Pension. Thereafter, she had also nominated the Petitioner for, the Pensionary Family Security Fund Scheme on 19.6.1997. Admittedly, the name of the Petitioner has appeared in all the Government records. The said Reginamary, died on 27.6.2016. Hence, the Petitioner applied for Legal Heirship Certificate, which was rejected by the Respondent, namely, the Tahsildar, Tharangampadi Taluk on the ground that there is no direct Legal Heir for the deceased