( 1 ) THIS is an application in revision on behalf of a tenant and is directed against an order passed by Mr. R. C. Dutt Gupta, learned District Judge, Howrah, dated 16-8-1952.

( 2 ) THE facts shortly stated are that on 25-3-1949, the petitioner filed an application for fixation of standard rent in respect of the disputed premises under the provisions of the West Bengal Rent Control (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1948, hereinafter called the 1948 Act. On 9-4-1951, the Rent Controller passed an order fixing the standard rent. It appears from the certified copy of the order of the Rent Controller which was filed in the court below that an application for a certified copy of the order was made on 10-4-1951. The copy was ready for delivery to the petitioner on 20-4-1951. The appeal against the order of the Rent Controller was filed on 15-5-1951. It was duly registered and it came on for hearing before Mr. R. K. Dutt Gupta, learned District Judge, Howrah. At that stage an objection was raised on behalf of the respondent to the appeal that the appeal had been filed out of time inasmuch as the time taken for obtaining a certified copy of the order of the Rent Controller could