Legal heir certificate
jagadhathri
(Querist) 23 July 2016
This query is : Resolved
Whether a legal heir certificate can be issued by the village administrative officer in tamilnadu
Kumar Doab
(Expert) 23 July 2016
The tehsildars have been vested with rather instructed by courts of law and subsequent GO, to issue Legal Heir Certificate.........................Tahsildar to take a decision on the petitioners’ claim by ordering an enquiry by the Revenue Inspector and VAO..........................Government Circular which.......... stated that legal heirship certificates should be issued after a thorough verification by the jurisdictional Village Administrative Officer (VAO)..................................ask the DROs within the jurisdiction of the High Court Bench to issue written instructions to all the Tahsildars, Revenue Inspectors and the VAOs not to reject applications on the ground of delay and to dispose of every application within a maximum period of four weeks...........
This has been discussed in detail at following thread;
http://www.lawyersclubindia.com/experts/Employees-compensation-act-1923-598516.asp#
R.K Nanda
(Expert) 23 July 2016
Nothing to add.
jagadhathri
(Querist) 23 July 2016
Thank u very much.. But I need is whether a village administrative officer has sole power to issue a legal heir certificate
Sudhir Kumar, Advocate
(Expert) 24 July 2016
is VAO is the same post who is called
Patwari
lekhpal
village accountant
etc
in other states.
P. Venu
(Expert) 24 July 2016
What, exactly, is the problem?
Rajendra K Goyal
(Expert) 24 July 2016
Academic query. Please state facts of the problem.
Kumar Doab
(Expert) 24 July 2016
In the first post and suggested thread the GO/Government letter, it is clearly narrated that the village administrative officer is staff to conduct inquiry and certificate is to be issued by Tehisldar.
This is duly narrated in, following judgment, mentioned in other thread, suggested above:
Madras High Court
Suganthi vs The Revenue Divisional Officer on 21 August, 2014
Further, the author need to check on his own with VAO and Tehsildar.
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