Guardians and Wards Act,1890
11. Procedure on admission of application
(1) If the Court is satisfied that there is ground for
proceeding on the application, it shall fix a day for the hearing thereof, and
cause notice of the application and of the date fixed for the hearing-
(a) to be served in the manner directed in the
Code of Civil Procedure,1882(14 of 1882)11 on-
(i) the parents of the minor if they are
residing in 11[any State to which this Act extends;]
(ii) the person, if any, named in the petition
or letter as having the custody or possession of the person or property of the
minor;
(iii) the person proposed in the application
or letter to be appointed or declared guardian, unless that person is himself
the applicant; and
(iv) any other person to whom, in the opinion
of the court special notice of the applicant should be given; and
(b) to be posted on some conspicuous part of
the court-house and of the residence of the minor, and otherwise published in
such manner as the court, subject to any rules made by the High Court under
this Act, thinks fit.
(2) The State Government may, by general or special order,
require that when any part of the property described in a petition under
section 10, sub-section (1), is land of which a Court of Wards could assume the
superintendence, the court shall also cause a notice as aforesaid to be served
on the Collector in whose district the minor ordinarily resides and on every
Collector in whose district any portion of the land is situate, and the
Collector may cause the notice to be published in any manner he deems fit.
(3) No charge shall be made by the court or the Collector for
the service or publication of any notice served or published under sub-section
(2).