If the Judge of any district has appointed a curator;
in respect to the whole of the property of a deceased person, such appointment shall preclude the Judge of any other district within the same State from appointing any other curator, but the appointment of a curator in respect of a portion of the property of the deceased shall not preclude the appointment within the same State of another curator in respect of the residue or any portion thereof
Provided that no Judge shall appoint curator or entertain a summary proceeding in respect of property which is the subject of a summary proceeding previously instituted under this Part before another Judge:
Provided, further, that if two or more curators are appointed by different Judges for several parts of an estate, the High Court may make such order as it thinks fit for the appointment of one curator of the whole property.
Legal Commentary & Landmark Judgments: Section 204
Section 204 creates a statutory bar against the appointment of a second Curator for the same property in another district.
If rival claimants initiate a fresh Section 192 proceeding in another district where the deceased owned agricultural land, produce the certified appointment order from the first District Court; Section 204 mandates the immediate dismissal of the second petition.