Dr. AR. Lakshmanan, J.

Heard Mr. Mathew Vadakkeparambil, party-in-person, N. Sukumaran for second respondent, Mr. Alexander Thomas, Government Pleader for fourth respondent and Mr. S. Parameswaran, Amicus Curiae.

2. This is a petition for Certificate for appeal to the Supreme Court under Art 132 & 133 of the Constitution of India and R.221 of the Kerala High Court Rules t the petitioner tenant, from the judgment dated 9.2.2000 of this Bench in O.P. 25855/9 According to the petitioner the impugned judgment raises many substantial question of law of general importance which needs to be resolved by the Supreme Court. Petitioner is a tenant under the second respondent. The petition was filed for fixation of fair rent by the tenant. In view of the ruling reported in Isaac Ninan. v. State of Kerala (1995 (2) KLT 848), the petition was dismissed by the Additional Munsiff as not maintainable. According to the petitioner, the decision of the Division Bench, referred to above, at best rendered invalid S.5 of the Act only as applied to that case and that S.5 is not rendered invalid as applied to other litigants who apply for determination of fair rent and that the said judgment had