1. This petition is for a writ of certiorari to quash an order passed by the 3rd Respondent-Government under Clause.16 of the Travancore-Cochin Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Order, 1950, (hereinafter referred to as the Rent Control Order), an Order made under S.13 of the Travancore-Cochin Public Safety Measures Act, V of 1950.

2. Before stating the facts it might be as well to consider a preliminary objection taken on behalf of the 1st Respondent to this petition, the Catholic Bank of India, Changanacherry. The order complained against was passed on 4.1.1956. The present petition was filed on 28.5.1956, and it is argued on the strength of the Full Bench decisions reported in Mahadeva Iyer v. State, 1954 KLT 427 and Swaraj Motors v. Municipal Council Alwaye,1954 KLT 443, that the petition is liable to be dismissed on the ground of unreasonable delay. It was suggested in these decisions that a reasonable time to file a petition of this nature would be 3 months, the time allowed for a civil revision petition. This 3 months' period expired in the present case on 4.4.1956 when the Court was on vacation and the petition was actually filed on the reopening day. In the circ