Petition for Letter of Adm for parents estate was filed in Kolkata Court in Jan2018. Citations were sent by court to 2 siblings. One came with intials and other came back "unclaimed" Judge wanted it to be sent again. It was served as per Speed Post website.
After 3 dates and 15 months later, clerk of Kolkata court refuse to put petition in front of judge asking that "manual reply" needs to come from post office and then only petition will be put to court.
I heard horror stories of rampant corruption and bribery situation in west bengal...do you think clerk is delaying the matter for bribe or this is normal procedure? Is is normal to take 1 1/2 year to 2 years ,just to send and receive summon reply in a probate matter ?