Wadsworth, J.

1. This is an application by the sixth respondent in A.S. No. 160 of 1942 praying for the cancellation of the vakalat given to the advocates representing him in that appeal. From the statement of accounts between the client and the advocates which has been placed before us and is apparently admitted on both sides to be correct, it appears that the advocates were engaged to conduct the case of the petitioner on a fee of Rs. 900. The petitioner has paid in all Rs. 718, of which Rs. 450 has been credited to the fee, and all the rest, except a balance of Rs. 21-9-6, has gone in discharge of necessary expenses. One week after the appeal was posted in the rough list, the petitioner, who had been promising a, remittance for the purchase of printed papers, and the balance of fees, announced that he wished to change his advocate. The advocates concerned had not received the balance of their fee nor the amount necessary for the purchase of the printed papers, the total cost of which, we are told, is Rs. 473, though what was the amount to be paid by this particular respondent is not yet ascertained. In this state of affairs the advocates: declined to agree to a change of