1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY TESTAMENTARY AND INTESTATE JURISDICTION MISC. PETITION NO.28 OF 2009 Ashok Shridhar Desai ..Deceased Shobha Ashok Desai and others ..Petitioners. .... Mr. Mangesh Parte for the Petitioners. .... CORAM : DR. D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, J. 30th July, 2009. P.C. : The Petition has been filed for the issuance of an heirship certificate under the Bombay Regulation VIII of 1927. The Petitioners are the widow, daughter and son of the deceased Ashok Shridhar Desai. The deceased died intestate at Mumbai on 4th August, 2004. Petitioner Nos.2 and 3 are the children of the deceased from his first wife who died on 4th August, 1998. The deceased had thereafter married the First Petitioner on 5th April, 2000. The deceased was serving as a postman in the postal Department. The Director of Accounts has by a letter dated 20th 2 November, 2006 required the production of a legal heirship certificate. It has been stated that the Petitioners are the only heirs and legal representatives of the deceased. An affidavit of service has been filed and publication has been effected. In these circumstances, the Petition is made absolute in terms of prayer clause (a). *****