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2026 Supreme(Online)(Ker) 15804
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
BECHU KURIAN THOMAS, J
DR. MEENAKSHI RAJAN ALIAS VIMALA THAMBATTY – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF KERALA – Respondent
WP(C) NO. 5008 OF 2026
Important Points
Subject
Civil Law - Writ Petition
Headnote
Result: The court directed the issuance of the certificate.
For the Appellants/Petitioners: SHRI.K.P.SUDHEER, SHRI.SHERRY M.V., SHRI.P.ANIRUDHAN, SMT.ARUNDHATI NAIR, SMT.BHAVANA J. MENON
For the Respondents: SRI.SREEJITH V.S.
| Table of Content |
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| 1. issuance of legal heirship certificate (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. court's directive for expeditious handling (Para 3) |
| 3. final decision for compliance by authority (Para 4) |
JUDGMENT
Petitioners allege that they had applied for a legal heirship certificate of deceased Sri.Ravi Varma Thamban, who died on
16.07.2024.
2. According to the petitioners, despite submitting Ext.P2 as early as on November 2024, the 3rd respondent has not initiated any steps to issue the legal heirship certificate. It was also submitted that the 5th respondent has issued a certificate, identifying the petitioners as legal heirs while the 4th respondent had issued a surviving family membership certificate, which are produced as Ext.P4 and Ext.P5 respectively.
3. Having heard the learned counsel for the petitioners as well as the learned Government Pleader, I am of the view that this writ petition can be disposed of with a direction.
4. Since Ext.P2 application for issuance of the legal heirship certificate filed by the petitioners are pending consideration, there will be a direction to the 3rd respondent to consider and pass appropriate orders on the said application as expeditiously as possible, at any rate, within an outer period of two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment.
Petitioners shall produce copy of the writ petition as well as a copy of the judgment before the 3rd respondent for due compliance.
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