( 1 ) THE constitutionality of the Madras Civil and Village Courts (Amendment) Act, 1951 (Act XVI of J951) which amended Section 28 of the Civil Courts Act (Act III of 1873) substituting the words "two thousand rupees" for "rupees one thousand" is put in issue in the revision petition. Its validity was questioned by way of defence in S. C. 192 of 1056 brought by the respondent in the Court of the subordinate Judge of Visakhapatnarn. The petitioner filed a petition under section 151 of the Code of Civil Procedure praying that the point whether the state Government could enhance the Small Cause jurisdiction of a Subordinate judges Court from Rs. 1,000 to Rs. 2,000 may be referred to the High Court. The subordinate Judge himself decided the point against the petitioner on a construction of the relevant provisions of law.

( 2 ) AGGRIEVED by that order, the defendant preferred the present C. R. P. When it came up for hearing before Justice Ranganatham Chetty, he thought that having regard to the importance of the point involved therein, it should be decided by a Division Bench of this Court.

( 3 ) IN support of this petition, it is urged by Sri Ramamurthy that as the a