JUDGMENT :

Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, to call for the records relating to the rejection order passed on the application of the petitioner for issuance of legal heir certificate of her brother Ydavakrishnan alias C.V.Gokulakrishnan son of Late A.Venkatasamy Naidu in Na.Ka.7346/2021/A5, dated 13.12.2021 passed by the second respondent and to quash the same and to direct the second respondent to issue legal heir certificate to the petitioner within the time stipulated by this Court.

1. This Writ Petition has been filed questioning the order refusing to grant legal heirship certificate on the ground that with respect to class-II heir, the Tahsildar, is not competent to grant legal heirship certificate. In this connection, a reliance is placed on a circular issued by the Additional Chief Secretary/Commissioner of Revenue Administration, Chennai. Since a decision will have to be made with respect to the said circular, it is only appropriate that the said official, namely, the Additional Chief Secretary/Commissioner of Revenue Administration, Government of Tamil Nadu, Chennai, is suo motu implea