Judgment

HEGDE

( 1 ) , J. : This is an appeal by special leave. It arises from Execution Case No. 16 of 1956 in the court of the First Additional Civil Judge, Varanasi. There in certain properties belonging to the judgment debtor were sold. The appellant moved the executing court under Order 21, Rule 90, Code of Civil Procedure to set aside the sale. His application was dismissed on the ground that he was not an interested party. Aggrieved by that order he went up in appeal to the High Court of Allahabad. The High Court reversed the finding of the lower court that the appellant was not an interested party but at the same time dismissed the appeal on the ground that as the appellant had not complied with the requirements of Rule 90, Order 21, Code of Civil Procedure, as amended by the Allahabad High Court his application was not maintainable.

( 2 ) THE amended proviso with which we are concerned in this appeal reads thus:

"provided that no application to set aside a sale shall be entertained-

(A) upon any ground which could have been taken by the applicant on or before the date on which the sale proclamation was drawn up; and

(B) unless the applicant deposits such amount not exceeding tw