Application for Permission to Sell a Minor's Share

IN THE COURT OF THE District Judge AT Jaipur

Guardianship (Miscellaneous) Application No. ____________ of 20______

APPLICATION UNDER SECTION 8(2) OF THE HINDU MINORITY AND GUARDIANSHIP ACT, 1956, READ WITH SECTION 8(5) THEREOF AND SECTIONS 29 AND 31 OF THE GUARDIANS AND WARDS ACT, 1890, FOR PERMISSION TO SELL THE SHARE OF A MINOR IN IMMOVABLE PROPERTY

IN THE MATTER OF: Aarav Sharma, a minor;

AND IN THE MATTER OF: the immovable property described in the Schedule below.

Sunita Devi Sharma, aged about 41 years, school teacher, residing at X, the natural guardian of the said minor

... APPLICANT

The applicant above named most respectfully submits as follows.

1. This application concerns Aarav Sharma ("the minor"), who was born on 1 April 2026, is aged about 11 years, and resides at X. The minor is a Hindu, and the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956 applies to the minor and to the applicant.

1. The applicant is the father of the minor and is the natural guardian of the minor and of the minor's property under Section 6(a) of the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956.

1. The property described in the Schedule below is situate within the local limits of the jurisdiction of this Hon'ble Court, and the minor also ordinarily resides within those limits.

1. The minor is entitled to one-fourth (1/4th) undivided share in the immovable property more particularly described in the Schedule below ("the said property"). The said share is the minor's own property, held for the minor by the applicant as natural guardian, and is not an undivided interest in joint family property under the management of an adult member of the family.

1. The minor became entitled to the said share by intestate succession on the death of the minor's father. The particulars of that devolution are as follows: Shri Ramesh Chand Sharma, father of the minor, died intestate at Jaipur on 14 March 2021, leaving him surviving his widow (the applicant), the minor, one adult daughter, and his mother Smt. Kamla Devi, each of the four taking a one-fourth share under Section 8 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 read with the Schedule.

1. The other persons interested in the said property, and their respective shares, are as follows: 1. Smt. Sunita Devi Sharma, the applicant, one-fourth share. 2. Kum. Ananya Sharma, aged 21 years, daughter, one-fourth share. 3. Smt. Kamla Devi, aged 74 years, mother of the deceased, one-fourth share, all residing at ...

1. Previous or pending proceedings relating to the minor or to the property of the minor: None.

1. The applicant proposes to sell the minor's said share in the said property. The consideration proposed for the said property as a whole is ₹25,000 (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand only), of which the share of the consideration attributable to the minor's said share is ₹25,000 (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand only).

The proposed purchaser is: Shri Vikram Singh Rathore, aged about 46 years, son of Shri Devi Singh Rathore, residing at 22 Civil Lines, Jaipur.

An agreement in respect of the proposed sale, expressly made conditional upon the grant of permission by this Hon'ble Court, has been entered into. The particulars of that agreement are: Agreement to sell dated 4 August 2026, clause 9 of which provides that the sale of the minor's share shall be completed only upon and subject to the permission of the Hon'ble Court.

1. The value of the said property has been assessed at ₹25,000 (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand only) as at 2 April 2026, on the basis of the report of a Government-approved registered valuer, and the value attributable to the minor's said share is ₹25,000 (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand only). The sale is proposed to be made by private treaty. The applicant submits that the consideration attributable to the minor's said share is fair, is not below the value so assessed for that share, and that no better offer is known to the applicant.