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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


Advocates:
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
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,

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