( 1 ) THE order impugned is in a sense a peculiar order. Legislature's language has apparently misled the learned Judge and confounded his wits, but what I have failed to appreciate is his approach in dealing with a reported decision of a Division Bench of Allahabad High Court.

( 2 ) AT the threshold the revisionists, applying for a Succession Certificate to recover the debts of deceased Ganeshan (whose legal representatives they are) are told that their application is not entertainable/triable as requisite court-fees did not "accompany" the application. That order, passed on 4-1-1991 by learned 7th Additional District Judge, Gwalior, is challenged in this revision.

( 3 ) THE question is of interpretation of Section 379 of Part X of the Indian Succession Act, which I extract :- "379. Mode of collecting Court-fees on certificates. (1) Every application for a certificate or for the extension of a certificate shall be accompanied by a deposit of a sum equal to the fee payable under the Court-fees Act, 1870, in respect of the certificate or extension applied for. (2) If the application is allowed, the sum deposited by the applicant shall be expended, under the direction