If a sole executor or a sole universal or residuary legatee, or a person who would be solely entitled to the estate of the intestate according to the rule for the distribution of intestates' estates applicable in the case of the deceased, is a minor or lunatic, letters of administration with or without the will annexed, as the case may be, shall be granted to the person to whom the care (ii)f his estate has been committed by competent authority, or, if there is no such person, to such other peron as the Court may think fit to appoint, for the use and benefit of the minor or lunatic until he attains majority or becomes of sound mind, as the case may be.
Legal Commentary & Landmark Judgments: Section 246
Section 246 provides for the grant of Administration for the use and benefit of a Lunatic or person of unsound mind entitled to administration.
In petitioning under Section 246, annex certified orders of the Mental Health Court or District Court appointing the petitioner as legal manager under the Mental Healthcare Act; this establishes prima facie standing to receive the Section 246 grant.