O R D E R

The petitioner seeks cancellation of the Legal Heir Ship Certificate issued by the second respondent recognising the third respondent as the legal heir of deceased Ponnudurai. Though the learned counsel for the petitioner raises several contentions, I do not think it is necessary for me to go into all those, in view of the recent pronouncement of the Hon’ble Full Bench of this Court. The Hon’ble Full Bench has after exhaustive analysis of the law relating to issuance of legal heir ship certificates and their binding nature had observed as follows:

“65 To sum up, our answers to the questions formulated in paragraph 10, (supra), are as under:

A. Legal heirship is a status governed by the respective personal law of parties through various statutes. The certificates issued by the Tahsildar amount to nothing more than a relationship certificate reflecting the opinion of the Tahsildar as to the relationship of the applicant and others named therein with the deceased. Consequently, the certificate issued by the Tahsildar does not affect the legal right of any party and has no bearing on the status of a legal heir which is conferred on an individual under his/her personal law.

B. An