JUDGMENT

Rankin, C.J. - The plaintiffs in this suit are three in number Prasaddas Sen,. Santoshlal Sen and Hrishikesh Sen. They bring their suit against Kamalkrishna. Shelley Bonnerjee, Official Receiver of this Court, and their case is that in Suit No. 923 of 1919, by a consent decree,, dated 8th July 1920, the Official Receiver was appointed a receiver of certain immovable properties belonging to the defendants in that suit, including the promises known as No. 1, Shama Bai Lane, and; that pursuant to an order, dated 10th September 1920, the Official Receiver took: possession of the said premises under the consent decree. The defendants in the previous suit were a firm trading under the name or style of B. N. Sen & Brothers, in which firm the plaintiffs and1. Bholanath Sen, defendant 2 in the present suit, were partners.

2. The plaintiffs' case is that the premises; No. 1, Shama Bai Lane, were let to one Ramnarayan Jalan on a monthly rent of Rs. 4-01 and they allege that the Official Receiver

wilfully neglected and defaulted in realizing regularly the rents of the said premises and took no steps for the collection thereof, as a result of which considerable loss and damage-has been ca