Ramesam, J.

1. I do not agree with the view taken by the Subordinate Judge and the court-fee examiner. This suit is for a declaration that the person re-ally interested in the promissory notes is the plaintiff and not the defendant though they stand in the defendants name and for recovery of the notes but not for the recovery of the money due [on the notes. The makers of the notes are parties so that the finding may be binding on them also. Section 7, Clause 4 (a), Court-fees Act, is the clause applicable and not Clause 3 as the Subordinate -Judge seems to think.

2. Under Section 7, Clause 4(a), Court-fees Act, the plaintiff has not got to pay court-fees on the value of the notes. The value of the notes is not the money due on the notes. Their value is only evidentiary. The plaintiff has got to state the value at which he values the relief sought. He has stated it to be Rs. 500. I set aside the order of the Subordinate Judge and find that the plaintiff has not to pay additional court-fees. I do not see that I should make the respondent liable for the costs. I am not able to see that I can make any other person liable for costs. There will be no order as to costs (in this peti