Office Memorandum No. 2021/2025/YSASD of the Youth Services and Sports Department, Government of Uttarakhand dated 14th May, 2025 on the administration of the estate of a deceased person [C14-ABQ]

No. 2021/2025/YSASD

GOVERNMENT OF UTTARAKHAND

Youth Services and Sports Department, Government of Uttarakhand

Dehradun, dated the 14th May, 2025

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: The administration of the estate of a deceased person by executors of a will under the Uttarakhand Uniform Civil Code Act, 2024, regarding.

1. The undersigned is directed to say that references have been received in the Youth Services and Sports Department, Government of Uttarakhand on the manner in which the administration of the estate of a deceased person by executors of a will is to be regulated under the Uttarakhand Uniform Civil Code Act, 2024.

2. The matter has been examined. Every executor of a will carrying on the administration of the estate of a deceased person shall make an application in Form VIII to the District Court within fourteen days, accompanied by a fee of two thousand rupees.

3. It is, accordingly, clarified that a separate application shall be made in respect of each place at which the administration of the estate of a deceased person is undertaken, and the District Court shall dispose of it within fourteen days of its receipt.

4. Difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this office memorandum may be brought to the notice of the Youth Services and Sports Department, Government of Uttarakhand.

(Secretary to Government)