Application for heirship certificate

A man in Vashi dies without leaving a will. His bank will not release the balance, the housing society will not transfer the flat, and his employer asks for a paper proving who his heirs are. Nobody doubts that his widow and children are his family. But an office that pays out money must be sure it is paying the right people. Which paper answers that question, who issues it, and how do you draft the application so the officer can say yes?

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An heirship (legal heir) certificate is a document, usually issued by a competent revenue or local authority on application, naming the persons who are the deceased's legal heirs; it is not created by a central Act, and where a court's conclusive protection is needed the route is a succession certificate under ss.370 to 381 of the Indian Succession Act 1925.

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