The revision petition by the judgment-debtor is directed against an order of the Principal District Munsif, Coimbatore by which he summarily directed the judgment-debtor to be arrested. Undoubtedly, there is an execution proceeding which had been initiated by the decree-holder for recovery of a total amount of Rs.3,118 and costs of Rs.451.10. The decree is also quite old, having been passed in 1973. It appears that at one stage the judgment-debtor sought the benefit of Tamil Nadu Act 13 of 1980, but his application for abatement of the execution proceedings in view of section 4 of Act 13 of 1980 came to be dismissed.

2. On 23rd December, 1980 the decree-holder filed an application for execution and sought an order of arrest of the judgment-debtor under Order 21, rule 37, read with section 55 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The execution application merely stated that the judgment-debtor should be arrested under Order" 21, rule 37 read with section 55 of the Code of Civil Procedure. On this application the Principal District Munsif made an order that since the application for abatement of the execution petition under section 4 of Act XIII of 1980 was dismissed, the judgmen