Suit for issuance of death certificate for person who is not traceable

SUIT FOR DECLARING A PERSON WHO IS NOT TRACEABLE AS DEAD AND FOR SEEKING DIRECTION AGAINST THE CONCERNED AUTHORITY TO ISSUE HIS/HER DEATH CERTIFICATE

A person is missing for over a period of seven years and his whereabouts are not known in spite of efforts by the family and the Police Authorities. This is the precedent of a suit for declaration that missing person is presumed to have died and asking the authorities to issue Death Certificate of such a missing person.