OP No.711 of 2019

O.P. No.711 of 2019

ABDUL QUDDHOSE, J.

This petition has been filed for Succession Certificate.

2.

The petitioners are the children

of the deceased

Dr.R.Venkataramana Rao, who died leaving behind the securities mentioned

in the schedule to the petition filed in support of O.P. No.711 of 2019. The

petitioners are the only Legal Heirs of the deceased Dr.R.Venkataramana Rao.

The wife of Dr.R.Venkataramana Rao also pre-deceased him.

Dr.Venkataramana Rao died on 22.06.2018 leaving behind the petitioners as

his only Legal Heirs.

3. Since the Companies in which the said securities were held by the

deceased, have insisted for the production of Succession Certificate, the

petitioners have approached this Court seeking for Succession Certificate.

4. Before the learned Master, the first petitioner was examined as a

witness (P.W.1) and she has deposed on behalf of the second petitioner also.

In her deposition, she has reiterated the contents of the petition filed in support

of O.P. No.711 of 2019. Through P.W.1, the following documents were

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marked as Exhibits :

Exhibits

Nature of the document

Ex.P-1

Photocopy of the Aadhaar card of the first petitioner bearing

No.5546 0544 8987.

Ex.P-2

Photocopy of the General Power of Attorney dated 05.01.2019

given by the 2^nd petitioner in favour of the first petitioner

registered as Doc. No.190 of 2019 at SRO, Tiruvallikeni.

Ex.P-3

Computer generated Death Certificate of petitioners' father

Mr.Venkataramana Rao, who died on 22.06.2018.

Ex.P-4

Photocopy of the Death certificate of petitioners' mother Meena

Rao, who died on 18.09.2017.

Ex.P-5

Photocopy of the Death certificate of petitioners' brother

V.Satish, who died on 23.01.2018.

Ex.P-6

Computer generated Legal Heirship certificate dated 10.12.2018

in respect of petitioners' father Venkataramana Rao.

Ex.P-7

Photocopy of the share certificates issued by Srichakra Tyres

Limited standing in the name of petitioners' father

Dr.R.Venkataramana Rao.

Ex.P-8

Downloaded copy of the valuation showing the value of each

share as on 20.03.2019.

Ex.P-9

Original letter dated 11.02.2019 issued by Integrated Enterprises,

T.Nagar, Chennai.

Ex.P-10

Paper publication effected in one issue of Tamil daily “Maalai

Malar”, Chennai edition dated 15.11.2019 and another issue of

“Maalai Malar”, Madurai edition dated 15.11.2019.

5. The second petitioner has also given Power of Attorney dated

05.01.2019 in favour of the first petitioner to file a petition seeking for

Succession Certificate for the securities left behind by their father Late

Dr.R.Venkataramana Rao.

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6. As seen from the evidence available on record, it is clear that

Dr.R.Venkataramana Rao died on 22.06.2018 and has left behind the securities

morefully described in the schedule to the petition filed in support of O.P.

No.711 of 2019. His Death Certificate has been marked as Ex.P3. The details

of the share certificates are proved through Ex.P7 and the same has also been

described in the schedule to the petition filed in support of O.P. No.711 of

2019. Ex.P8 is the downloaded copy of the valuation showing the value of

each share as on 20.03.2019. As seen from the Legal Heirship certificate of

Dr.R.Venkataramana Rao, which has been marked as Ex.P6, the petitioners are

the only Legal Heirs. The petitioners brother V.Sathish and their mother

Meena Rao have pre-deceased them as seen from the respective death

certificates which have been marked as Exs.P4 & P5 respectively. Paper

Publication has also been effected in one issue of Tamil daily viz., “Maalai

Malar”, Chennai edition dated 15.11.2019 and another issue of “Maalai

Malar”, Madurai edition, dated 15.11.2019 and has been marked as Ex.P10

with regard to O.