RAMANUJAM, J. :- The petitioners herein have prayed for the issue of a writ of certiorari to quash the order of the first respondent Dt. 8th Sept., 1981 following the second respondent's appeal and setting aside the onto of the Special Tahsildar, Debt Relief, Mettur Dt. 31st Oct., 1980 ho1ding trial the petitioners are entitled to the benefits of Tamil Nadu Act 13 of 1980.

2. The petitioners herein have taken a mortgage loan of Rs. 20,000/- from the second respondent an 8th April, 1974 and the said mortgage debt was outstanding on the date of the commencement of Tamil Nadu Act 13 of 1980. Taking advantage of the provisions of the said Act, the petitioners filed an application under S.6 of the said Act before the Special Tahsildar (Debt Relief) Mettur for a certificate of redemption alleging that their annual household income is less than Rs.4,800/- and that therefore they are entitled to the benefits of the Act. The said application was opposed by the second respondent on the ground that the petitioners' annual household income was more than Rs.4,800/-. The Special Tahsildar, by his Order Dt. 31st October, 1980 found that the annual household income of the petitioners does