Leach, C.J.

1. The respondent is a pleader practising in the Coimbatore District. In February 1937 one G. Thimmappa, a mer. chant residing and carrying on business in Bellary, presented a petition to this Court in which he charged the respondent with< professional misconduct. The Court considered that the charges made called for inquiry and passed an order directing the District Judge of Coimbatore to hold the inquiry, the case falling within Section 13, Legal Practitioners Act. When the matter came before the District Judge the petitioner filed a statement in which he said that he was satisfied that the respondent who had been his pleader for a considerable time, had not acted mala fide; and that his claim had been settled by the respondent, and he wished to withdraw the petition. In the circumstances the District Judge thought it unnecessary to proceed with the inquiry and submitted the record to this Court with his remarks. This Court considered that the District Judge should have proceeded with the inquiry, notwithstanding that the petitioner had expressed a desire to withdraw the petition. Where the Court has reason to believe that a practitioner may have been guilty of