1 IN IN IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORDINARY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT WRIT WRIT PETITION NO. 243 OF 2008 PETITION NO. 243 OF 2008 PETITION NO. 243 OF 2008 Union of India ... ... Petitioners Vs. Smt. Rani Sanmugavell & Anr... ... Respondents Mrs. N.V. Masurkar for Petitioners None for Respondents. CORAM CORAM CORAM : BILAL NAZKI & S.A. BOBDE, JJ. : BILAL NAZKI & S.A. BOBDE, JJ. : BILAL NAZKI & S.A. BOBDE, JJ. DATE DATE DATE : 7TH FEBRUARY, 2008 : 7TH FEBRUARY, 2008 : 7TH FEBRUARY, 2008 P.C. P.C. P.C. : : :- 1) The Administrator General has passed an order on 15th December, 2006. Thereafter, on the application of the Petitioners, he has passed an order on 16th March 2007. It appears that one Mr. Muthuram Pillai was an employee of the Petitioners who died without leaving any Will. However, he had nominated his wife and in the alternative one of his nephews, to be entitled to any monetary and pecuniary benefits accruing to him, at the time of his death. The wife of Muthuram Pillai died and nephew did not approach the employers even after 1992. The Administrator General, Maharashtra State declared that the 2 estate of Shri Muthuram Pillai be administered under Section 9 of the Administrators General Act, 1963 and therefore directed the Petitioners to deposit the terminal dues payable to the deceased with the Administrator General. The Petitioners are aggrieved of this order. 2) We have heard learned counsel appearing for the Petitioners. We do not understand as to what is the locus of the petitioners to assail the order of the Administrator General because in any case the Petitioners have no claim over the amount of late Muthuram Pillai, since the amounts have been ordered to be administered by the Administrator General under Section 8 of the Administrators General Act, 1963. The Petitioners cannot claim anything contrary to the order of the Administrator General. 3) Learned Counsel appearing for the Petitioners submits that if in future anybody claims the amounts on the basis of his relationship with the deceased, they may be facing problems. Since quasi judicial authority has asked the Petitioners to deposit these amounts, therefore anybody claiming this amount 3 and will have to approach the Administrator General in accordance with the provisions of the Administrators General Act. 4) The Petition is accordingly disposed of. ( S.A. BOBDE, J.) ( BILAL NAZKI, J.) S.A. BOBDE, J.) ( BILAL NAZKI, J.) S.A. BOBDE, J.) ( BILAL NAZKI, J.)