Judgement Order :- The petitioner herein filed an application on 7-2-1949, to set aside the ex parte decree passed against him on 7-1-1949 and tendered as security shares of the face value of Rs. 3,000 in the South Indian Bank, Trichur and also deposited a sum of Rs. 200 as required under S. 17, Provincial Small Cause Courts Act. An objection was taken by the plaintiff that shares which were not fully paid up could not be accepted as security and therefore, there was no compliance with the requirements of S. 17, Provincial Small Cause Courts Act. Thereupon, the petitioner defendant filed an application to excuse delay in furnishing security and deposited along with that application a sum of Rs. 1,000 to make up the decretal amount. This application to excuse delay was resisted by the plaintiff on the ground that the Court had no jurisdiction to entertain such an application as S. 5, Limitation Act, is not applicable to the provisions of S. 17, Provincial Small Cause Courts Act. The Subordinate Judge upholding the objection raised on behalf of the plaintiff, dismissed the petition for excusing delay filed by the defendant under S. 5, Limitation Act, and relied on a decision in Penchalu Setti v. Potireddi Subba Reddi, 1943-2 M. L. J. 671 : (a. I. R. (30) 1943 Mad. 520), in support of his view, which I think has absolutely no bearing on the question for decision in this case. In this civil revision petition the correctness of that case is challenged. 2. It is urged by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the view of the lower Court that the Count has no jurisdiction to apply S. 5, Limitation Act, to proceedings under S. 17, Provincial Small Cause Courts Act, is erroneous, and is opposed to rulings of this Court. Art identical question arose in Sudalaimuthu Kudumban v. Audi Reddiar, 45 Mad. 628 : (A.I.R. (9) 1922 Mad. 186), and it was laid down by Oldfield and Venkatasubba Rao JJ., that the delay in making the payment required by the proviso to S. 17 can be excused in an application under S. 5, Limitation Act. Art identical question arose in Sudalaimuthu Kudumban v. Audi Reddiar, 45 Mad. 628 : (A.I.R. (9) 1922 Mad. 186), and it was laid down by Oldfield and Venkatasubba Rao JJ., that the delay in making the payment required by the proviso to S. 17 can be excused in an application under S. 5, Limitation Act. The observations of the learned Judges at p. 632 of the report may be usefully extracted : "Section 5, Limitation Act, having been applied to O. 9, it will be nonetheless applicable to the procedure under that Order, when that procedure takes place in a Court of Small Causes. It is then, however, argued that the payment required by the proviso to S. 17 (1) must be considered as independent of the petition for setting aside a decree passed ex parte and that S. 5 cannot be applied to the making of that payment, as justifying the Court in excusing the delay in making it. The answer is that the payment is directed only in connection with the filing of a petition under O. 9, R. 13 and is as much an element required in order to the completeness of such a petition as any other portion of it, for instance, the stamp or verification." This ruling was followed subsequently by Ramesam J., in Koilpillai Samban v. Sappannimuthu Samban, 44 M. L. J. 247: (A. I. R. (10) 1923 Mad. 354), and also by Ananthakrishna Aiyar J., in Ramji Das v. Kumarakalathi Mudali, 61 M. L. J. 710 : (A.I.R. (19) 1932 Mad. 142). In the light of these decisions, it is futile to contend that S. 5, Limitation Act, is not applicable to proceedings under S. 17, Provincial Small Cause Courts Act. 3.It is contended by Mr. Ramakrishna Aiyar, learned counsel for the respondent, that the decision in Sudalaimuthu Kudumban v. Andi Reddiar, 45 Mad. 628 : (A. I. R. (9) 1922: Mad. 186), is not good law, as it runs counter to the principle laid down in the Full Bench decision in Assan Mahomed Sahib v. Rahiman Sahib, 43 Mad. 579 : (A. I. R. (7) 1920 Mad. 562 F.b.). There is absolutely no force in this contention and it is ill-founded. The effect of the Full Bench decision was considered by the learned Judges in Sudalaimuthu, Kudumban v. Andi Reddiar, 45 Mad. 628 : (a. I. R. (9) 1922 Mad. 579 : (A. I. R. (7) 1920 Mad. 562 F.b.). There is absolutely no force in this contention and it is ill-founded. The effect of the Full Bench decision was considered by the learned Judges in Sudalaimuthu, Kudumban v. Andi Reddiar, 45 Mad. 628 : (a. I. R. (9) 1922 Mad. 186), and they held that their view was entirely consistent with the tenor of the judgment of the Full Bench. It must be remembered that the Full Bench did not have to consider the applicability of S. 5, Limitation Act to S. 17, Provincial Small Cause Courts Act. There the learned Judges were only concerned with the question whether S. 17, Provincial Small Cause Courts Act was mandatory or not and whether the security deposit made within thirty days though it did not accompany the application for setting aside the ex parte decree under O. 9, R. 13, Civil P. C., was sufficient compliance with the requirements of S. 17, Provincial Small Cause Courts Act, and they answered both the questions in the affirmative. It follows that the decision in Sudalai muthu Kudumban v. Andi Reddiar, 45 Mad. 628 : (A. I. r. (9) 1922 Mad. 186), and the subsequent decisions that followed it are not inconsistent with the principle laid down in the Full Bench and they hold the field. 4. I must therefore hold that the order of the lower Court is wrong and ought to be set aside. Since the lower Court did not go into the merits of the application under o. 9, r. 13, this ought to be remanded for fresh disposal according to law, in the light of the observations made by me above. The costs of this petition will abide the result of the application in the lower Court. Order set aside.