Mehar Singh, J.

1. The petitioner, Debi Ram Sharma, was Naib Nazir in the Court of the Subordinate Judge at Gurgaon, though he was officiating as a Reader in that Court, when he retired sometime in the year 1957 as stated in paragraph I of the petition.

2. It appears that the learned Chief Justice inspected Courts at Gurgaon in October, 1959. Sometime in September 1959 the petitioner had applied for the grant of a petition-writers licence on the ground that his pension was meagre and he could hardly make his both ends meet. He made another application on October 26, 1959 upon which the learned Chief Justice called for report. The District Judge of Rohtak, who was also District Judge for Gurgaon, on November 4, 1959, made a report that the petitioner had a pension of Rs. 28/- per mensem which was insufficient for the needs of his family and that to enable him to supplement his income ho was constrained to seek licence as a petition-writer. He pointed out that the petitioner is a Matriculate and retired as an officiating Reader from the Court of the Subordinate Judge.

In the circumstances he recommended for the grant of the licence to him. On November 9, 1959, the Registrar p