1. Debtors Nos.8, 11, 13 in the fourth list, submitted by the liquidator, object to their inclusion in the said list or to the settlement of their debts mainly on the ground that the debts due by them are barred by limitation. I shall take each item separately.

2. Debtor No.8: This debtor is the Firm N.M.T.S. The claim is made by the liquidator of the bank against M.K. Durjoy Kishore Dev Barma and the heirs of the deceased Abdul Barik Khan, who died on 6-10-1951. Durjoy Kishore Dev Barma and Abdul Barik Khan were the Directors of the said Firm. The debt is in respect of account No.121, From the said account it is seen that an amount of Rs.14,000/- was advanced on 25-10-1949 and towards this debt various payments were being made, the last payment being on 26-12-1950 of a sum of Rs.178/- leaving a balance of Rs.2,900/-and odd. It is this amount which has now swelled up with interest to the claim of Rs.5,700/- and odd which is claimed by the liquidator as on 1st April, 1955. The bank was ordered to be wound up by this Court on 8-9-53 on an application for winding up filed on 27-3-53.

3. Now the contention of Durjoy Kishore Dev Barma and the heirs of Abdul Barik is that the present debt