IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH : NAGPUR Writ Petition No.7924 of 2022 Vikram Bhalchandra Ghongade Vs. Shri Bhalchandara Bhimrao Ghongade Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Court's or Judge's Order Coram, appearances, Court's Orders or directions and Registrar's order Petitioner in person present CORAM : ANIL S. KILOR, J.

DATED : 10.02.2023

1. Heard.

2. In this petition, the judgment and order dated 08.07.2022 passed by the District Judge Ad hoc 2, Wardha, maintaining the order below Exh.1 dated 28.01.2021 passed by the 5th Jt. Civil Judge Senior Division, Wardha, granting heir-ship certificate in joint name of the petitioner as well as his father, is under challenge.

3. The petitioner in person, opposes the order of the trial Court on the ground that as the respondent did not appear in the proceeding before the trial Court and no objection was raised by him to the appeal under Rule 8 of the Bombay Regulation VIII of 1827, the learned 5th Jt. Civil Judge Senior Division Wardha ought to have granted Heirship Certificate only in the name of the petitioner. For this purpose, he has placed a reliance upon the judgment of the Co-ordinate Bench of this Court in the case