Bhat, Ag.cj.

Second respondent in O.P. No. 5415 of 1983 has filed this appeal.

2. Second respondent's husband obtained a loan from the Kerala Fisheries Corporation, and second respondent stood guarantee for the loan offering her landed property as security. The property was brought to sale invoking the provisions of the Kerala Revenue Recovery Act, 1968,1 he provisions of the Act having been made applicable to such loans by virtue of notification dated 8-11-1970 under S.71 of the Act. The said sale stood posted to 21-8-1976. It was adjourned subsequently and ultimately to 20-12-1976 on which date the third respondent purchased the property for Rs.12,750/-. The second respondent filed an application before the appropriate officer under S.53(1) of the Act to set aside the sale. No specific order was passed thereon, but it was treated as dismissed. The sale was confirmed on 22-3-1978 under Ext.R2(d) order which states that he has already dismissed the application. The second respondent filed an application before the Hon'ble Minister, as seen from Ext.R2(b), and that was rejected under Ext.R2(d), and he thereupon filed O.P.No.2206 of 1979 in' this Court which was disposed of