ORDER

This writ petition has been filed to call for the records relating to the rejection order dated 13.09.2023 passed by the 2^nd respondent through e-mail, whereby the petitioner’s request for issuance of a Legal Heirship Certificate was rejected and to quash the same. The petitioner further seeks a consequential direction to the 2^nd respondent to issue a Legal Heirship Certificate in favour of herself and her daughter, Thamilarasi, as the legal heirs of the petitioner's deceased husband, Rasukutti, son of Srinivasan.

2. It is stated that the petitioner had a love affair with one Rasukutti and they got married in the presence of their close relatives at a village temple. Out of the said wedlock, a female child, Thamilarasi, was born. Unfortunately, the petitioner's husband, Rasukutti, died in a road accident on 31.01.2020. Thereafter, the petitioner submitted an application before the 2^nd respondent seeking issuance of a Legal Heirship Certificate in respect of the deceased Rasukutti. However, the said application was rejected on the ground of non- submission of proof of marriage. Challenging the said rejection order dated

13.09.2023, the present writ petition has been filed.

3. Lear