( 1 ) KM. Shobha Bose, the only surviving sister amongst three born to late Smt. Radha Rani Bose and late Shri Narendra Nath Bose filed the Testamentary Case No. 15 of 1998, which was later numbered as Testamentary Suit No. 8 of 2000 after a contest was put in by gaudia Mission, the defendant, for Letters of Administration, to administer the estate of Km. Uma Bose (in short the deceased), possessed by her at the time of her death. All the three sisters decided not to marry. Km. Asha Bose, the eldest sister died on 8/9. 6. 1990.

( 2 ) THE deceased, a Hindu Bengali, retired serving as Lecturer, Government Girls College, gonda, U. P. She was temporarily living at House No. 98, Hit Radha Kunj, Chhipi Gali, vrindaban, District Mathura. The plaintiff, Km. Shobha Bose is the only surviving heir of the three sisters. The deceased left behind sums in TDRs and in Saving Bank account in State Bank of India, Colonelganj, Allahabad, and in State Bank of India, Vrindaban, and a house described as above, in which she died.

( 3 ) THE plaintiff applied for and was granted a certificate No. F-181/97, A No. 0837 dated 26. 9. 1997 in respect of the goods of the deceased under Section