In Group Grampanchayat vs Sunanda Shamrao Bandishti, the deceased left behind land situated within the limits of the Group Grampanchayat. The applicants had listed all properties of the deceased and had arrayed the Grampanchayat as a respondent.

The Grampanchayat claimed that it was the owner of the property in respect of which the heirship certificate was sought and not the deceased. The applicant then made an application to amend the application for heirship certificate seeking to delete list of properties and the name of Grampanchayat as a party, which application was allowed.

The Grampanchayat challenged this order in a writ petition. The question in the writ petition was limited to whether the Grampanchayat was correctly deleted as a party. The court observed that since the grantee of an heirship certificate does not acquire any title to the property of the deceased, it was held that the Grampanchayat was neither a **necessary** nor a **proper party** to the heirship proceedings.