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OTHER SOCIAL SERVICES
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ADMINISTRATION OF MANAGED ESTATES
ON MANY OCCASIONS GOVERNMENT TAKES OVER THE ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES OF MINORS, lunatics and persons incapable of managing their own property. There are two pieces of legislation in operation in the district which govern such administration. One is a Bombay Act, the Court of Wards Act (I of 1905), and the other a Central Act, the Guardians and Wards Act (VIII of 1890). The idea in Government administering the estates of minors and lunatics is to secure proper care and management of the estates concerned. In case of persons incapable of managing their own property, assumption of superintendence of the estate is undertaken only when the estate is encumbered with debt or mismanaged or there is no one capable of taking proper care of it and Government is of opinion that it is expedient in the public interest to preserve the property of the person for the benefit of his family and the property is of such value that economical management by the Government agency is practicable.
Court of Wards Act.
Under the Court of Wards Act, the Collector of Satara is the Court of Wards for
the district. The Court of Wards can with the previous
sanction of Government assume the superintendence of the property of (a) minors, (b) females declared by the Court as unfit to manage their own property; (c) persons declared by the District Court to be incapable of managing their property, and (d) persons declared by the Civil Court to be of unsound mind. The Court of Wards cannot assume the superintendence of the property of any family which is undivided according to Hindu Law, except where all the co-sharers are disqualified under sub-section (1) of section 5 of the Act or where all the co-sharers other than those who are disqualified under sub-section (1) of section 5 agree to the Court of Wards assuming such superintendence. The idea in assuming the superintendence of the property is to secure proper care and management of the estates concerned.
In 1957-58, there were five estates under the management of the Collector of
Satara, as the Court of Wards. The permanent establishment of the Court of Wards in the district consists of one Manager in the grade of Aval Karkun. The establishment expenditure inclusive of pay, pension, leave, salary and dearness allowance etc. payable to the staff is recovered from the funds of the estates proportionately.
Guardians and Wards Act.
In 1957-58, the total income from all the estates was Rs. 33,289 as against the total expenditure of Rs. 43,140. In 1959, there were only two estates under the management of the Court of Wards.
Under the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890, the District Court appoints the Collector as the guardian of the minors' estates. It is a benevolent provision for safeguarding the interest of minors. As provided in G. R., R. D., No. 2521/49, dated 4th September 1953, the minors' estates, previously managed by the Deputy Nazir, District Court, Satara, were transferred for management to the Collector of Satara, on September 6, 1954. There were 29 estates under the management at the end of the year 1956-57 in the district. All the
estates are of small sizes yielding an annual income of less than Rs. 10,000.
The staff employed for the work of the management of the minors' estates in the district consists of one Aval Karkun and one clerk.
In 1957-58, the total income from all minors' estates was Rs. 22,329; the total expenditure was Rs. 24,781 and the cost of the management was Rs. 1,297. In 1959, there were only 16 such estates in the district.
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