Office Memorandum No. 1559/2025/UDD of the Urban Development Department, Government of Uttarakhand dated 2nd July, 2025 on the administration of an estate [C16-7XZ]

No. 1559/2025/UDD

GOVERNMENT OF UTTARAKHAND

Urban Development Department, Government of Uttarakhand

Dehradun, dated the 2nd July, 2025

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: The administration of an estate by administrators of an estate under the Uttarakhand Uniform Civil Code Act, 2024, regarding.

1. The undersigned is directed to say that references have been received in the Urban Development Department, Government of Uttarakhand on the manner in which the administration of an estate by administrators of an estate is to be regulated under the Uttarakhand Uniform Civil Code Act, 2024.

2. The matter has been examined. Every administrator of an estate carrying on the administration of an estate shall make an application in Form V to the Family Court within fourteen days, accompanied by a fee of two hundred rupees.

3. It is, accordingly, clarified that a separate application shall be made in respect of each place at which the administration of an estate is undertaken, and the Family 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 Urban Development Department, Government of Uttarakhand.

(Secretary to Government)