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Petition for Permission to Sell Minor's Property under the Guardians and Wards Act
Act VIII of 1890 Case No         
In the Court of the District Judge
         at       
In the matter of the Guardians and Wards Act VIII of 1890
And
In the matter of s. 29 of the said Act And
In the matter of AB, a minor resident
at
      
And
In the matter of permission to sell the said minor's property
The humble petition of CD, the certificated guardian of the said minor
The applicant above-named states as follows:
1.        That by an order made the         day of    your petitioner was appointed guardian of the person and properties of the minor CD. The said order is still in force and virtue and your petitioner is administering the estate of the said minor as his statutory guardian. Your petitioner has kept proper account of the said estate up to date and filed the same in court from which it will appear that the funds in the hands of your petitioner is Rs    only.
2.        That at the date of appointment the estate of the minor which consists of inter alia one-fourth share in premises No      was indebted to one XY of No      to the extent of Rs       being, his proportionate share of liability under a mortgage dated        executed by the father of the minor which now comes to Rs         inclusive of interest calculated up till         
3.        That the said XY who instituted a suit being Title Suit No        of

         in the court of   for enforcement of the said mortgage and obtained the preliminary decree for Rs          on the    day of   
is now threatening to apply for final decree for sale of the property.
4.        That in the circumstances aforesaid and in the best interest and for the benefit of the said minor, your petitioner and other co-sharers of the said minor who are liable to pay three-fourths share of the said debt, have agreed to sell the property for the sum of Rs privately which would leave a margin of Rs      in their hands after satisfaction of the mortgage debt out of which a sum of Rs   will come in the hands of your petitioner being the proportionate share of the said minor in the surplus sale proceeds. An affidavit by the intending purchaser of the property for Rs    is filed herewith.
5.        That the residential house of the said minor, viz., premises No  
is in urgent need of repairs without which the same will be unfit for habitation and unless certain urgent repairs are immediately executed a portion thereof may also collapse very shortly. The estimated costs of such repairs are Rs          as will appear from the certificate of the engineer hereunto annexed and marked A. The minor has no resources to execute the said repairs at present as appearing from the account filed as aforesaid.
6.        That the market value of the property intended to be sold would be Rs     as will appear from the certificate of the valuer hereunto annexed and marked B, and the same at present fetches no income.
7.        That this application is made bona fide and in the interest of and for the benefit of the minor.
Your petitioner therefore prays:
(i) Leave be granted to your petitioner to sell the undivided one-fourth share of the minor in the property described in Schedule A to or any other person or persons at a price not less than Rs         and to execute and register the necessary conveyance.

(ii) Your petitioner be at liberty to redeem the proportionate mortgage debt of the minor in respect of the said premises out of the proceeds of such sale and apply the balance towards the costs of repairs to the residential house of the said minor.
( ii i) Further order or orders be made and directions given, as may appear just and proper and your petitioner as in duty bound shall ever pray.
THE SCHEDULE Verification
I, AB, son of     aged about       years residing at         by
occupation service do hereby solemnly affirm and say as follows:
I am the petitioner above-named. I know and I have made myself acquainted with the facts and circumstances of this case and I am able to depose thereto.
The statements in paragraphs 1 to 7 and the Schedule hereinabove of the petition are true to my knowledge based on information derived from records in my possession, proceedings before this Learned Court. Orders and Valuation Report and believed by me to be true and that I have not suppressed any material fact.
The statements hereinabove are true to my knowledge.
I sign this verification on this          day of    1999.
Before me         Signature of AB
Notary    Signature of Advocate
N.B. There shall be two affidavits from two independent persons as to what is the estimated value of the property and the benefit and advantage of the intended sale.

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