JUDGMENT 1. The order of the learned Judge cannot be supported and the Rule must be made absolute. The matter arises out of a proceeding for the grant of a succession certificate. It appears that one Abdur Rahaman died in 1943 and upon his death his sister Rokea Bibi claiming to be an eight annas heir of the deceased, applied for the grant of a succession certificate for the collection of the debts and securities due to his estate. Before the grant could be made, Rokea Bibi died. Thereupon her son, the Opposite Party to this Rule, applied to be substituted in her place in these proceedings. The application was opposed by the Petitioner. The opposition was, however, overruled by the learned Judge, and he made an order as asked for. The learned Judge observed that " the right of the lady to get the assets or shares of the assets of the deceased on the basis of the succession certificate would be a barren right if it could not devolve on her heir." There is no question of devolution of any right to the estate of the deceased on the death of the applicant for a succession certificate. The grant of a certificate does not confer any right on the applicant to the estate of the deceased. The only material question is whether a right to apply for a succession certificate can be said to survive to the heir of the applicant. There can only be a negative answer to this question. On the death of the applicant for a succession certificate the proceeding lapses, and it will be open to any other party entitled to a certificate to apply. There is no question of substitution in such cases. The result is that the Rule is made absolute and the order of the learned Judge set aside. This will not prevent the Opposite Party, the son of Rokea Bibi, from filing an independent application for the certificate, if he should be so advised. There will be no order as to cost.