( 1 ) THIS civil revision petition is directed against the order of Senior Civil Judge of Sompeta dated 27-9-1998 passed in IA No. 178 of 1998 in IP No. 4 of 1996 allowing the said petition filed under Section 31 of the Provincial Insolvency Act filed by the petitioners seeking protection order from arrest and detention in execution proceedings filed by respondent No. 1 herein. The petitioners herein are the respondents Nos. 1 to 4 and the respondent No. 1 herein is the petitioner in the said LA. The parties will be referred to as they were arrayed before the Senior Civil Judge in the said LA.

( 2 ) THE bare facts which are necessary and relevant to the petition may be stated as follows: The petitioner filed an application under Sections 7 and 11 of the provincial Insolvency Act against the respondents-creditors to adjudicate him as insolvent and to discharge liabilities mentioned in the schedule annexed to the petition. The second respondent filed EP No. 2 of 1996 in OS No. 30 of 1989 on the file of the Sub-Court, Sompeta for realisation of decretal amount and has taken coercive steps for arrest. The amount covered by this E. P. was also included in the schedule annex