-1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION Guardianship Petition No.118 of 2006 Smt.Kaliamma Kann. .. .. Petitioner Ms.Vijaya S. Jagtap i/by S.V.J. Legal for Petitioner. ----- CORAM : SMT.R.S. DALVI, J. CORAM : SMT.R.S. DALVI, J. CORAM : SMT.R.S. DALVI, J. DATED : 21st March, 2007 DATED : 21st March, 2007 DATED : 21st March, 2007 P.C. : P.C. : P.C. : 1. The Petitioner is the paternal grandmother of three minor children aged 8, 12 and 15 years respectively. Their parents have expired. The Petitioner has produced the death certificates of the parents and the birth certificates of the minors. 2. The minor children are entitled to the pensionary and other benefits payable to them upon the death of their father. Their father served in Indian Navy. The Garrison Engineer of Indian Navy, Navy Nagar, Colaba, Mumbai has issued a certificate showing the pensionary benefits payable to the deceased father of the children. The Garrison Engineer, Navy Nagar, Mumbai shall forward the entire amount payable in respect of the deceased father of the children to the Accounts Officer, High Court, Bombay. The Accounts Officer shall invest the said amount in an FDR of any Nationalized Bank or in RBI Bonds in the name of the minor children. The Accounts Officer shall deposit the pension amount in a Bank Account in the name of the three minor children -2- showing the Petitioner as their guardian. The amount in the FDR shall continue to be invested until the children attain majority. The Petitioner shall be entitled to operate the Bank Account in which the pension amount is deposited so as to withdraw the pension amount for the maintenance of the children. 3. Petition is disposed of with the above order. (Smt.R.S. Dalvi, J.) (Smt.R.S. Dalvi, J.) (Smt.R.S. Dalvi, J.)