Office Memorandum No. 1166/2025/FACSD of the Food and Civil Supplies Department, Government of Uttarakhand dated 24th March, 2025 on the administration of the estate of a deceased person [C1A-22Z]

No. 1166/2025/FACSD

GOVERNMENT OF UTTARAKHAND

Food and Civil Supplies Department, Government of Uttarakhand

Dehradun, dated the 24th March, 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 Food and Civil Supplies 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 VI to the Maintenance Tribunal within seven days, accompanied by a fee of twenty 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 Maintenance Tribunal shall dispose of it within seven days of its receipt.

4. Difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this office memorandum may be brought to the notice of the Food and Civil Supplies Department, Government of Uttarakhand.

(Secretary to Government)