PANIGRAHI, C. J.

( 1 ) THIS is a reference made by the District Judge, Cuttack, under Section 14, Legal practitioners Act, in a proceeding against the opposite party Sri A. Krishna Rao who is a Pleader. In Misc. Case No. 25 of 1953, the Pleader appeared on behalf of his client, Sri M. Subba Rao and filed a memo of appearance representing that he had already filed a Vakalat for his client in the lower court. That Miscellaneous case was an application filed by the plaintiff in Money Suit No. 188 of 1953, for transfer of that suit which was then pending in the Court of the First Munsif, cuttack. Shri M. Subba Rao was the defendant in that suit. The transfer application came up for hearing before the District Judge on 8-7-1953 and after arguments had been heard the case was posted to the next day for orders. The court had also noticed that the Pleader had not filed any Vakalatnama for the defendant in the lower court and that the statement made by the Pleader that he had already filed it was incorrect. The Court therefore ordered that the Pleader should "file power by tomorrow positively". The Pleader refused to file any Vakalat as directed. The District Judge therefore started procee