ANANTANARAYANAN, J. :- On 17th November 1941, the petitioner before us, Sri. V.P. Chakiavarthi, was struck off the roll of advocates by a Full Bench of this court consisting of Leach, C.J. and Mockett and Kuppuswami Aiyar, JJ. in R.C. No. 34 of 1941. Admittedly, the proceedings related to an amount of Rs. 1775 (this is the figure furnished by learned counsel) delivered by the judgment-debtor to the legal practitioner, for payment over to the decree-holder, which amount was not so delivered, either by gross negligence or otherwise; the retention of the moneys, thereby amounting to gross professional misconduct. Subsequent to this removal of the petitioner from the roll of advocates, there was, admittedly, certain criminal proceedings in which he sustained convictions under Ss.409 and 467 I. P.C. But the case of the petitioner is that all this was 23 years back, and that, since then, he has atoned for his past misdemeanour by a prolonged period of suffering and punishment. He has also been of good behaviour, and, subsequently, he has conformed to the ideals of rectitude, and turned over a new leaf. There are two certificates of character in his favour granted by senior couns