ORDER :- This is an application under O. 22, R. 4, C.P.C., and it is supported by a petition under S. 5 of the Limitation Act and an affidavit. The application arises under the following circumstances. On 30-12-1952, the learned District Judge of Mandi and Chamba dismissed a suit brought by Mela Ram and others against Kanhya Lal and others. Kanhya Lal, defendant aforesaid, died on 26-1-1953, leaving two sons, Amar Nath and Jagan Nath. On 2-4-1953, an appeal was presented by Mela Ram and others against the judgment and decree of the District Judge. Since, Kanhya Lal was dead, his sons, Amar Nath and Jagan Nath, were impleaded as respondents 1 and 2 in the memorandum of appeal. At the foot of the memorandum of appeal, a note was made that since Kanhya Lal, defendant, had died on 26-1-1953, his sons (who were his legal representatives) were impleaded as respondents 1 and 2. An office objection was raised to the impleading of Amar Nath and Jagan Nath without an application. In answer to the office objection, the appellants represented that since Kanhya Lal had died after the decision of the suit, no application was necessary. To be on the safer side, however, an application, purporting to be under O. 22, R. 4, along with another under S. 5 of the Limitation Act supported by an affidavit, was filed by the appellants on 7-5-1953. On this office reported that it was beyond time by 11 days. While admitting the appeal, my learned predecessor made it clear that the admission was subject to objection. A preliminary date was fixed for disposal of the application under O. 22, R. 4. 2. Today, I have heard learned counsel for the parties. Sri Ved Vyas filed a memorandum of appearance for Jagan Nath. 3. The point for consideration is whether in a case like this, an application under O. 22, R. 4 was necessary at all. A bare perusal of O. 22, R. 4 makes it clear that it applies only to pending proceedings, i.e. suits or appeals. If any authority is necessary reference may be made to - Venkata Narasimhan v. Konda Reddi, AIR 1951 Hyd 55 (A), where it was held that provisions of law contained in O. 22, R. 4, C.P.C., contemplate pending proceedings. If any authority is necessary reference may be made to - Venkata Narasimhan v. Konda Reddi, AIR 1951 Hyd 55 (A), where it was held that provisions of law contained in O. 22, R. 4, C.P.C., contemplate pending proceedings. Learned counsel for the petitioners cited - Pitamberdas v. Bhawanilal AIR 1932 Sind 220 (B), where it was held : "Order 22 applies to joinder of legal representatives of a person who is properly on the record, and dies pending the suit or appeal as the case may be, but not to the case where a person is dead long before suit or appeal." In the present case, Kanhya Lal died on 26-1-1953, i.e. after the suit had been disposed of by the District Judge and before the appeal was presented to this Court. Therefore, the appellant ? impleaded the sons of Kanhya Lal as respondents 1 and 2 in the memorandum of appeal (it may be noted that it is not disputed that Amar Nath and Jagan Nath are the legal representatives of Kanhya Lal). It does not appear that a separate application was necessary to implead Amar Nath and Jagan Nath. I am supported by a ruling of the Lahore High Court, cited by learned counsel for the petitioners, and reported in - Risal Singh v. Chandgi, AIR 1939 Lah 34 (C). There, following - Ramananda v. Minachi Animal, Mad 236 (D), it was held : "The provisions of O. 22 do not apply where a party dies after a final decree has been passed. If a plaintiff sues and dies after his suit has been dismissed, his legal representative may appeal from the decree without making any application to be brought on the record in his place." On the same analogy, I would say that if that defendant dies after the suit has been decided his legal representatives may be impleaded in the memorandum of appeal, without a separate application to bring them on the record in place off the deceased defendant. In - 3 Mad 236 (D), referred to above, the facts were that the plaintiff died soon after the decision of his suit by the trial Court. An appeal was preferred on behalf of a minor, claiming to be his legal representative, but no application was made to have the name of the minor entered in the record instead of the name of the plaintiff. An appeal was preferred on behalf of a minor, claiming to be his legal representative, but no application was made to have the name of the minor entered in the record instead of the name of the plaintiff. The District Judge dismissed the appeal on the ground that sixty days had expired before the appeal was filed. It was held by the Madras High Court : "The Judge seems to have acted upon Art. 171 of Sch. II to the Limitation Act, which provides that sixty days from the date of the plaintiffs death shall be the period of limitation for an application made under S. 363 or 365 of the Civil P.C., by a person claiming to be the representative of a deceased plaintiff. This limitation, however, should be applied strictly to an application made in the circumstances to which the sections mentioned relate. The section suggested as being in point in this case is S. 365. But we think it clear from S. 366 and other parts-of this chapter of the Code that S. 365 relates only to the case of the plaintiff dying before judgment; otherwise, it does not appear how the suit can abate, if it has already been disposed of. We do not think that S. 565 has any application to the case of the death of the plaintiff after decree, and of his representative wishing to appeal." Learned counsel for the petitioners also cited - Chanderdeo Chaube v. Megh Narain, AIR 1933 All 111 (E), wherein Niamatullah, J., of that High Court observed as follows : "Order 22 requires applications for substitution of a deceased plaintiff or defendant, in case any of them dies during the pendency of the suit. The provisions of that order have been made applicable to cases in which one of the appellants or respondents dies during the pendency of the appeal. There is no law to be found either in the Civil Procedure Code or elsewhere which makes it necessary that any substitution proceedings should take place where one of tine parties dies between the decree and the filing of the appeal. Where, however, a party dies after the conclusion of the trial, but before the decree is passed, the decree must under O. 22, R. 6 be taken to have been passed in his lifetime. However, R. 3, Ch. Where, however, a party dies after the conclusion of the trial, but before the decree is passed, the decree must under O. 22, R. 6 be taken to have been passed in his lifetime. However, R. 3, Ch. 11 of the Allahabad High Court Rules requires an application by the legal representatives of a party dying after the decree to apply for permission to appeal if one is to be preferred. For compliance with that role there is no limitation and all that is necessary is that the appeal itself should be filed within time. Article 176, Limitation Act, does not apply to an application of the kind contemplated by R. 3." My attention was also invited to - Daw Sein Tin v. Chinese Kwan Tein, AIR 1937 Rang 199 (F), where the decision was as follows : "Order 22, R. 3, Civil P.C., which relates to the abatement of a suit or an appeal during the progress or hearing of that suit (or appeal) has no application in cases where original or appellate decrees have been passed before the death in question. The limitation for appeal in such a case therefore is the usual period of 90 days. not from the death of the appellant, but from the date of the decree." In - Banke Bihari Lal v. Mahadeo Prasad, AIR 1953 All 97 (G), a Division Bench of that High Court observed as follows : "We entirely agree, in this case, with the learned Dist. judge that since Shrimati Brij Rani had died on 24-9-1946, prior to the filing of the appeal by the appellants in the Court of the learned District Judge, there could be no substitution of the name of Mahadeo Prasad in place of that of Shrimati Brij Rani under O. 22, Civil P.C. What was required was that the appellant should have impleaded Mahadeo Prasad as the respondent straightway in the appeal." In the present, case, the appellants have, very properly, impleaded the sons of Kanhya Lal as respondents in the memorandum of appeal and thereby they have done all that they were required to do. My attention was also invited to - Sanat Kumar v. Tarapada Dutta, AIR 1948 Cal 36 (H), where, with reference to an existing practice in that High Court, it was held : "The effect of R. 6, O. 22, Civil P.C., is simply to transfer death in point of time from its actual date forward to some date after the delivery of the judgment; or to put it in another way, by a fiction, the judgment which was actually delivered some time after the conclusion of the hearing, is deemed to have been delivered on the date on which the hearing was concluded. The result, therefore, is that such cases are placed on the same footing as those in which a party dies after the decree of the lower Court and before an appeal is filed to the Court of appeal. The practice in the Calcutta High Court in the latter case is always to file an application for substitution and the same rule must be followed in a case where an appellant dies after the conclusion of the hearing in the lower Appellate Court but before the judgment is pronounced." There is no such practice in this Court, nor do the Rules and Orders of this Court provide for an application under circumstances as arise in the present case. 4. Learned counsel for the respondents cited, inter alia - Nawab v. Rahim Dad, AIR 1934 Lah 934(1) (H). There, the facts were that the plaintiff died on 15-3-1933 (after the decision of the trial Court) and an application for the substitution of his heirs was not made till five months afterwards. In the circumstances of that case, it was held that the appeal had abated. It is not clear whether in that case the legal representatives of the plaintiff were impleaded (as in the case before me) in the memorandum of appeal. Therefore, that ruling is not applicable to the facts of the present case. Learned counsel for the respondents also made a reference to - Chunilal Tulsiram v. Amin Chand, AIR 1933 Lah 356(2) (J). There, no application was made to implead the legal representatives of a deceased respondent within 90 days from his death. It was, therefore, held that the appeal had abated automatically. Learned counsel for the respondents also made a reference to - Chunilal Tulsiram v. Amin Chand, AIR 1933 Lah 356(2) (J). There, no application was made to implead the legal representatives of a deceased respondent within 90 days from his death. It was, therefore, held that the appeal had abated automatically. Here, at the risk of repetition, I may point out that the legal representatives of Kanhya Lal were impleaded as respondents in the memorandum of appeal itself. Therefore, that ruling will not help the respondents. 5. Having regard to the consensus of judicial authorities cited above, I hold that in the facts of this case no application under O. 22, R. 4, was necessary. Consequently, this application and the petition under S. 5 of the Limitation Act, call for no orders. 6. A date may be fixed for the hearing of the appeal on its merits in the next circuit and the record should be ready by then. Order accordingly.