Guardians and Wards Act,1890
Act No : 8
Section : Procedure on admission of application
11. Procedure on admission of application.-(1) If the Court issatisfied that there is ground for proceeding on the application, itshall fix a day for the hearing thereof, and12cause notice of the application and of the date fixed for the hearing- (a) to be served in the manner directed in the 1* Code of Civil Procedure (14 of 1882) on-- (i) the parents of the minor if they are residing in 2*[any State to which this Act extends], (ii) the person, if any, named in the petition or letter as having the custody or possession of the person or property of the minor, (iii) the person proposed in the application or letter to be appointed or declared guardian, unless that person is himself the applicant, and (iv) any other person to whom, in the opinion of the Court, special notice of the application should be given; and (b) to be posted on some conspicuous part of the court- house, and of the residence of the minor, and otherwise published in such manner as the Court, subject to any rules made by the High Court under this Act, thinks fit. (2) The State Government may, by general or special order,require that, when any part of the property described in a petitionunder section 10, sub-section (1), is land of which a Court of Wardscould assume the superintendence, the Court shall also cause a noticeas aforesaid to be served on the Collector in whose district the minorordinarily resides, and on every Collector in whose district anyportion of the land is situate, and the Collector may cause the noticeto be published in any manner he deems fit. (3) No charge shall be made by the Court or the Collector for theservice or publication of any notice served or published under sub-section (2).
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