G. Gordon Objector v. Administrator General U. P

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1970 Supreme(Online)(All) 3

ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT
Unknown, J
G. Gordon Objector v. Administrator General U. P

Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: [List of names]
For the Respondents: [List of names]

Table of Content
1. question of the administrator general's authority. (Para 1 , 2)
2. rights and duties outlined in the act. (Para 3 , 4)
3. interpretation of sections allowing application. (Para 5 , 6)
4. constitutes authority for administration of estates. (Para 7 , 8)
5. clarification on exempted versus non-exempted persons. (Para 9 , 10)
6. conclusion to affirm legal standing. (Para 11 , 12 , 13)

1. A Division Bench of the Court while hearing a Special Appeal from an order of a learned single Judge granting Letters of Administration to the Administrator General, in respect of the assets of one Alexender John, doubted the correctness of the decision in the case of Mt. Ram Kali v. Administrator General of U. P. , AIR 1943 All 356 and referred the following question to a Full Bench.
"Whether the High Court can grant Letters of Administration to the Administrator General under the Administrator General's Act, 1913 where the deceased was an Indian Christian (and not an Anglo Indian)?"

2. The Administrator General's Act 1913 (Act No. 3 of 1913) (hereinafter called the Act) is a consolidating Act relating to the office and duties of the Administrator General. Sub-section (2) of S.2 of the Ac