ORDER :- This is to revise the order of the District Munsif, Gudivada, dismissing the application filed by the petitioner for passing a decree in terms of an award dated 4-3-1950. The circumstances that have culminated in this revision petition may briefly be stated :

2. There were some disputes between the petitioner and respondent 1 regarding the rent alleged to have been due to the petitioner under a lease of a piece of land. The parties referred the matter to arbitration and an award was made on 4-3-1950 under which respondent 1 had to give the petitioner 14 bags of paddy.

The award was delivered to the present petitioner. As respondent 1 defaulted in complying with this term a suit SC 463 of 1950 was filed by the petitioner in the Court of the District Munsif, Gudivada, for recovering the value of 14 bags of paddy on the basis of trie award. This was dismissed on the ground that the award was not embodied in a decree.

3. The application giving rise to this C. R. P. was filed on 21-12-1951 for the relief mentioned above. The application was opposed chiefly on the plea that the petition was barred by reason of Art. 178, Limitation Act. This objection found favour with the District

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