Application by whom to be made

Application by whom to be made.-

1. (1) Application for such inquisition may be made by any relative of the alleged lunatic or by any public Curator appointed under the Succession (Property Protection) Act, 1977 (hereinafter referred to as the Curator,) or by the Government Pleader, as defined in the Code of Civil Procedure, or if the property of the alleged lunatic consists in whole or in part of land or any interest in land, by the Collector of the district in which it is situate.
2. (2) If the property or any part thereof is of such a description that it would by the law in force in the State subject the proprietor if disqualified, to the jurisdiction of the Court of Wards, the application may be made by the Collector on behalf of the Court of Wards.