Legal heir certificate
Saikat Sen
(Querist) 25 August 2012
This query is : Resolved
Dear Sirs'/Madams',
Let me tell that who has the authority to issue legal heir certificate?Is Gram panchyat has the authority to do the same?
Pls. give your feedback?
Thanks & Regards,
Saikat Sen
Devajyoti Barman
(Expert) 26 August 2012
Where do you stay?
In the state of WB no body has power to grant any Heirship Certificate except the Court of Law which grants succession certificate.
The Heirship Certificate issued by the Gram Panchayat has no force of law in WB.
Hemant Agarwal
(Expert) 26 August 2012
1. ONLY a constitutional authority has the jurisdiction to issue "legal heir certificate". eg. The tahsildar or collectors office or the competent courts, in the respective states.
2. The local Gram Panchayat or the local authority, is not a constitutional authority and hence cannot issue a "legal heir certificate". However they can issue "Character Certificate", Bonafide Resident certificate, Birth Certificate and so on.
Keep Smiling .... Hemant Agarwal
Arun Kumar Bhagat
(Expert) 26 August 2012
In West Bengal the way is to file Title declaration suit in civil court making others as defendants. The decree will act as hiership proof.
