(1) NOTICE under Order X, Rule 6(3) and (4) of the Supreme court Rules, 1966, has been issued to the Advocate returnable on 24/11/1981. Counsel for the petitioners Mr V.J. Francis has prayed that the matter may be taken up today itself. Hence the matter has been taken up today.

(2) THE appeal above mentioned was heard by the court and after hearing the counsel for the appellants and counsel for the respondent the Court delivered judgment on 3/04/1981 dismissing the appeal. The appellant has filed on 28/04/1981 an application for rehearing of the appeal in which he inter alia prayed that the judgment of this court may be rescinded and the parties may be permitted to make submissions through counsel. Counsel has been informed that since the appeal has been disposed of after hearing the counsel for the parties, no application for rehearing lies in the matter and he may, if so, be advised to file a review petition under the Rules of the court. He has not cured the defect but he has filed a letter staling that the application may be listed before the court and that the Registry may leave the matter to the court to decide whether the circumstances mentioned by him in the p