FAO No. 5705 of 2009(O&M) 1 In the High Court for the States of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh … FAO No. 5705 of 2009(O&M) Date of decision: September 30,2010 Smt. Manju etc ..Appellants. Versus General Public etc. ..Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr.Justice Rakesh Kumar Jain Present: Mr. S.S.Godara, Advocate for the appellants. ... Rakesh Kumar Jain,J.(Oral) This appeal is filed by the appellants against the order of Civil Judge(Senior Division), Fatehabad dated 16.4.2009 by which an application for issuance of Succession Certificate to the heirs of Surjit Singh was allowed to the extent of 50 % each i.e., 50 % to the petitioners in Petition No.15 and 50 % to the petitioners in Petition No.18. The present appeal is by the petitioners of Petition No.18. At the outset, learned counsel for the appellant states that the present case is fully covered by the decision of this court passed in Jatinder Kaur and another Versus Jaskirat Kaur and others 2009(3) RCR(Civil) 98 in which this court has held that in terms of Section 384(1) of Succession Act,1925, an appeal from any such order of an inferior court shall lie to the District Judge and not to the High Court. It has further been held that if application under Section 372 of the Succession Act is decided by the Civil Judge exercising the powers of learned District Judge as a delegate of the District Judge in view of the provisions of Section 388(1) of the Act, then according to the proviso, the appeal shall lie under Section 388(2) of the Act to District Judge and not to the High Court. In view of the above, the present appeal is disposed of with liberty to the appellant to file an appeal to the District Judge. FAO No. 5705 of 2009(O&M) 2 Thus, the appellant is at liberty to file an appeal afresh against the impugned order to the District Judge in terms of the aforesaid decision of this court. September 30, 2010 (RAKESH KUMAR JAIN) nk JUDGE