TEST.CAS.No.50/2009 Page 1 of 3 *IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + TEST.CAS.No.50/2009 Date of Decision : 31st January, 2011 % RENU KHOSLA ..... Petitioner Through : Mr. Vikas Singh, Sr. Adv. with Ms. Amrita Narayan, Adv. versus DEEPAK KHOSLA & ORS ..... Respondents Through : Ms. Shiva Lakshmi, Adv. for R-1 and 2. CORAM :- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE J.R. MIDHA 1. Whether Reporters of Local papers may be allowed to see the Judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporter or not? Not Necessary 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? J.R. MIDHA, J. (Oral) 1. This is a petition for grant of Letters of Administration in respect of the estate of late Vinay Khosla. 2. The deceased, Vinay Khosla expired on 9th September, 1997. At the time of his death, the deceased was a permanent resident of A-2/164, Safdarjung Enclave, New Delhi. The original death certificate of the deceased is on record. 3. The deceased was survived by his wife who is the petitioner and two sons who are respondents No.1 and 2 in this case. TEST.CAS.No.50/2009 Page 2 of 3 4. The deceased has left behind the following estate:- IMMOVABLE PROPERTY - Plot No.204, Road No.8 Sector 10, New Panvel, Panvel (East) Mumbai MOVABLE PROPERTIES No. of securities/shares/debentures (i) Ansal Housing and Constructions - 400 shares (ii) Chokani Internations Limited - 250 shares (iii) Glaxo Smith and Kline Pharmaceutical - 147 shares (iv) HDFC - 300 shares (v) HDFC Bank - 100 shares (vi) Hindalco - 20 shares (vii) Pasupati Acrylone Limited - 168 shares (viii) prakash industries limited - 157 shares (ix) Swaraj Mazda Limited - 100 shares (x) ITC - 1620 Shares (xi) Ruchi Soya Limited - 20 shares + debentures (xii) Varun Shipping - 300 shares (xiii) Mcs Limited - 100 shares (xiv) Key Leasing and Finance Limited - 800 shares (xv) Ambuja Agro Industries Limited - 200 shares (xvi) Assam Carbon Limited - 100 shares (xvii) Laxman & Silvanya Product Limited - 25 shares (xviii) Smit Cline Bechem Pharmaceutical - 147 shares (xix) Aditya Birla (N) - 26 shares 5. The petitioner is seeking the Letters of Administration in respect of the above estate of the deceased with the consent of respondent Nos. 1 and 2 who have given their no objection by way of affidavit in which they have stated that they have no objection to the grant of Letters of Administration in respect of estate of the deceased to the petitioner. 6. The petitioner has filed evidence by way of affidavit in which she has deposed that the deceased died intestate on 9th September, 1997. The petitioner has given the names of the legal heirs and the particulars of the estate of the deceased in the affidavit. TEST.CAS.No.50/2009 Page 3 of 3 7. The citation has been duly published in The Statesman on 9th April, 2009 as Annexure-C-1 and no objections have been received from the public. 8. The notice of the petition was issued to the Collector, Alibagh and Raigarh Distt, Maharashtra, who has submitted the valuation report of the immovable property of the deceased. As such, there is no impediment in the grant of Letters of Administration to the petitioner. 9. From the uncontroverted and un-rebutted testimony of the petitioner and the no objections of respondent Nos.1 and 2, the petitioner is entitled to Letters of Administration in respect of the aforesaid estate of the deceased. 10. In view of the above, the petition is allowed and the Letters of Administration are granted to the petitioners in respect to the estate of the deceased mentioned in para 4 above subject to the petitioner furnishing the requisite Court fee and the administrate/security bonds. J.R. MIDHA, J JANUARY 31, 2011 aj