The petitioner has preferred this revision against the order of the learned District Munsiff overruling his objection to the interpleader suit filed by the 1st respondent in the revision. The suit filed by the petitioner was one for recovery of a sum of Rs. 600 due under a pronote executed by the 1st respondent in favour of Garudamma and transferred to him. In the written statement filed by the respondent to that suit by the petitioner he pleaded inter alia that the original promisee Garudamma was not in law entitled to transfer the pronote in question and that the adopted son of Garudamma was entitled to the amount and further that he had already paid Rs. 200 on behalf of the pronote amount to Garudamma in the presence of the petitioner himself, who is no other than the maternal uncle of the original promisee. Issues have been framed in the original suit. After the framing of the issues, in consequence of certain notices issued by the adopted son to the respondent claiming the amount due on the promissory note, the respondent filed an interpleader suit to which objections have been taken by the petitioner.

In the plaint of the interpleader suit the respondent has pleaded