law: Hindu Succession Act, 1956
  8.General rules of succession in the case of males
  The property of a male Hindu dying intestate shall devolve
  
  according to the provisions of this Chapter-
  (a) firstly, upon the heirs, being the relatives specified in
  
  class I of the Schedule;
  (b) secondly, if there is no heir of class I, then upon the
  
  heirs, being the relatives specified in class II of the Schedule;
  (c) thirdly, if there is no heir of any of the two classes, then
  
  upon the agnates of the deceased; and
  (d) lastly, if there is no agnate, then upon the cognates of the
  
  deceased.