Postal Manual Vol. VIII - India Post

extent the production of legal proof of heirship or representation would cause
hardship.
(b) If the aggregate face value of the Government Securities at credit of the account
exceeded Rs. 5,000 the applicant should be required to produce probate of the deceased depositor’s
will, or letters of administration, or a certificate granted under the Indian Succession Act (Act
XXXIX of 1925). The production of this evidence cannot be dispensed with.
NOTE – In the case of a deceased depositor in whose name more accounts than one stand
open under the special circumstances mentioned in the rules for the guidance of depositors, the
balances at credit of all the accounts should be added together for the purpose of exercising this
power by the Head of the Circle.
(4) When a decision has been arrived at, orders for repayment of the deposit, in the form
given below, should be sent by the Head of the circle to the person to whom payment is to be
made, and instructions should at the same time be issued to the Postmaster concerned. In cases
where Government securities are held by the Accountant-General, Posts and Telegraphs on behalf
of the deceased depositor, a copy of the orders should be furnished direct to the Deputy
accountant-General, Posts and Telegraphs, Postal Branch, Calcutta. If it has been decided that the
person to whom payment is to be made should be required to execute a bond of indemnity, a form
of bond (S. B.-25) should also be sent by the Head of the Circle to the Postmaster with such
instructions as may be necessary :-
I hereby authorise the payment to you of Rupees (in figures and words) …………… only,
being the balance, inclusive of interest, at credit of the Post Office Savings Bank Account No.
………………… standing in the name of the late …………………… on the date of his/her death,
viz. the ………………….19 .
The amount mentioned, together with interest which has since accrued on the account, i.e.
up to the close of the last month, will be paid to you on your making application direct to the
postmaster ………………..
NOTE. – The Head of the Circle has discretionary power to sanction payment of the interest
on money deposited in the account of a deceased depositor, after his death, by relaxation of the
orders contained in Note 2 below rule 29 of the Rules for Depositors.
(5) When the Head of a Circle authorises the payment of a cash balance in excess of Rs.
5,000 or of Government Securities in excess of Rs. 5,000 (nominal value) at credit of the account
of a deceased depositor, the evidence on which the claim is admitted, i.e., production of probate,
letters of administration of a certificate granted under the Indian Succession Act (Act XXXIX of
1925), should be specified, for the information of the Audit Office, in the order furnished to the
postmaster.
(6) If the deceased depositor has at his credit a balance in cash as well as Government
Securities in the custody of the Accountant-General, Posts and Telegraphs, and it is found in
investigating the claims of the heirs of the deceased that one person is entitled to receive the cash
balance at credit of the account and a different person the Government Securities in the
Accountant-General’s custody, the latter, and not the former, will be entitled to the interest which
may have accrued on the government Securities after the death of the depositor. The orders of
payment in such cases should, therefore, clearly show that the person entitled to the cash balance
will receive the cash balance (including interest) at credit of the account on the date of the
depositor’s death plus any interest that may have accrued on that amount until the end of the month
preceding that in which orders of payment are issued, and that the other person will be entitled to