The judgment-debtor is entitled to raise objections before the assignee-decree-holder is permitted by the court to execute the decree.

Pakenham Walsh, J.

1. One Pir Mahomed Taraganar executed a power-of-attorney in favour of one N. K. Mahomed Moideen Taraganar to conduct certain suits for him and realize the money. As the latter had advanced him money, and moneys realized by the agent were made a sort of charge for payment of the debt, and the power-of-attorney was not to be cancelled,, until the dues had been settled, the agent brought suits on the two mortgage deeds on behalf of the principal and, obtained decrees. Pending proceedings for sale of the mortgaged properties, the decree-holder put in applications stating that the decree amounts had been paid in full and satisfaction might be entered. His applications to enter up satisfaction were put in on 18th March, 1930. On 27th March, 1930, the agent assigned the decrees to one Kadir Meera Saheb, the appellant in these proceedings. The appellant put in an application under Order 21, Rule 16 to permit him, after recognizing his assignments, to oppose the applications to enter up satisfaction as, they were collusive documents. These two petitions filed under Order 21, Rule 16 were dismissed both by the original appellate Courts and the petition to record satisfaction of the decrees, was allowed by both Courts. Against these orders the present appeals are filed.

2. The learned District Judge held that neither the question whether the appellant was the assignee-decree-holder nor the question whether the entering up of satisfaction of the decrees was collusive or not could be gone into by the executing Court, because it was not a matter between the parties to the suit. On the first point there seems to be a conflict of authorities. I do not think, in the view which I take on the second point, that there is any necessity to discuss it, because I am perfectly clear that the application to execute the decrees cannot be granted because satisfaction of the decrees has been recorded. The argument raised for the appellant is that the judgment-debtor knew of the assignments of the decrees by the decree-holder under power-of-attorney to the agent and that he was therefore not entitled to make any payment to the decree-holder., I may note in passing that there is no clear statement "in the power-of-attorney that the agent has power to transfer decrees. However, as the learned District Judge has stated in his judgment, that it was not controverted that full power was given to the agent to assign decrees, I will discuss the matter on the assumption that the agent had this power. Order 21, Rule 1 states only three ways in which the judgment debtor may make payment. It is. expressly stated that it shall be in one of these three ways (a) into the Court whose duty it is to execute the decree, or (b) out of Court to the decree-holder, or (c) other-"wise as the Court which makes the decree directs. There is absolutely no provision here for the judgment-debtor paying a third party merely because he happens to know of the assignment of the decree in the latters favour by the decree-holder; and it is perfectly clear that if he were to make such payment,-he would run the risk of having to pay money over again to the decree-holder. He cannot be asked to involve himself in disputes between the decree-holder and somebody to whom the former has assigned the decree. Order 21, Rule 16 definitely provides that the judgment-debtor shall have notice before the assignee-decree-holder is permitted by the Court to execute the decree, and he is entitled to raise objections. On the view urged by the appellant he will be shut out of his right completely. The decree-holder has only got to send a notice that he has assigned the decree and even if apparently he has already satisfied the decree, the judgment-debtor is bound to pay the assignee and not the decree-holder. He cannot object to the assignment because he has no locus standi until the decree-holder applies under Order 21, R 16, for permission to execute the decree. This means that the j