FAO No. 4578 of 2005 1 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH -.- FAO No. 4578 of 2005 Date of decision: 07.02.2008 Smt. Gayatri Devi ...Appellant Versus General Public and others ...Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mrs. Justice Nirmal Yadav -.- Present : Mr. S.K. Yadav, Advocate for Mr. Ram Darshan Yadav, Advocate for the Appellant -.- Nirmal Yadav, J. (Oral) Plaintiff-Gayatri Devi wd/o Omparkash Mudgil has filed this appeal for modification of order dated 17.08.2005 passed by learned Civil Judge (Senior Division), Rewari, vide which, her request for grant of succession certificate to operate the Bank Locker No. 61, which was in her husband's name, has been disallowed without assigning any reasons. The plaintiff had moved an application under Section 372 of Indian Succession Act, 1925, for grant of succession certificate in respect of debts of her husband on the ground that she is widow of Omparkash Mudgil and respondents No. 2 to 4 are her children and they had no objection in case the succession certificate was issued in her favour. The Court below has, of course, granted succession certificate with regard to amount deposited in the bank by her late husband, but declined to operate the Locker No. 61 in the Punjab National Bank, Heli Mandi, without giving FAO No. 4578 of 2005 2 any cogent reason. It is not in dispute that appellant-Gayatri Devi is the legally wedded wife of Omparkash Mudgil. Except her, no one else has sought for succession certificate. Her children have no objection if succession certificate is granted in her favour. For the reasons mentioned above, the order dated 17.08.2005 passed by learned Civil Judge (Senior Division) Rewari is modified to the extent that appellant-Gayatri Devi wd/o Omparkash Mudgil is allowed to operate the Bank Locker No. 61 in the Punjab National Bank, Heli Mandi. The appeal stands disposed of. (Nirmal Yadav) Judge February 07, 2008 mohan