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Issues: Whether a succession certificate is a decree or order executable under Order 21 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
Analysis: A decree under Section 2(2) of the Code of Civil Procedure must conclusively determine the rights of the parties in controversy, and an order under Section 2(14) must be the formal expression of a civil court decision which is not a decree. A succession certificate does not determine inter se rights of the parties. Under Sections 372, 373, 374, 375(2) and 377 of the Indian Succession Act, the certificate only authorises the holder to collect the debt or to take steps for recovery. Section 181 of the Indian Succession Act further shows that the certificate is only conclusive against the debtor as to entitlement to receive the debt and affords indemnity for payment made in good faith, but it does not itself create an executable decree or order.
Conclusion: A succession certificate is neither a decree nor an order executable under Order 21 of the Code of Civil Procedure, and the only remedy of the holder is to sue for recovery.
Final Conclusion: The order of the executing court was unsustainable and was set aside, with the execution petition dismissed.
Ratio Decidendi: A succession certificate merely evidences entitlement to collect the debt and does not conclusively adjudicate rights or constitute an executable decree or order.
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