If a person passes away intestate, that is, without leaving a Will or any other testamentary documents, the court will appoint an administrator by issuing Letters of Administration to handle the estate of the deceased. If all that is left is transportable property, a Succession Certificate must be requested.  However, if the estate only or fully consists of movable property, the court must first issue Letters of Administration before the estate can be managed. Even the operation of the deceased person's bank-maintained locker or lockers requires a LOA. The LOA grant procedure is governed by the provisions of the Indian Succession Act.

Situations where LOA is permitted include:

Only the circumstances listed below qualify for a grant of letters of administration intestate request:

When there is no will; when the decedent's will does not name an executor; legal impossibility or the executor's unwillingness to carry out their duties; failure of the executor of the decedent's will to accept the executorship within the timeframe required for such acceptance; the executor's death prior to the state's administration

The following people are eligible for the position of administrator:

• Anybody may be given the authority to administer the decedent's assets in line with the following regulations if the decedent was an exempt person, or if he belonged to one of the organizations
• if many parties petition, the Court's discretion; the proper statutes governing the disposal of the inheritance;
• If no one submits an application, the deceased debtor will, and if none of the aforementioned situations apply, administration may be granted to the following individuals in the following order:
• Unless it is disqualified owing to a personal ineligibility, such as insanity or adultery, or because she has no interest, the husband will be appointed to the widow in the event that the wife passes away. In the absence of a widow, the mother will have full power over the estate; in the absence of a widow, the estate must be allocated to a person who would be eligible for it under the distribution rules.