Judgement JUDGEMENT:- The legal representative of the deceased judgment-debtor in O.S. No. 6757 of 1973, 10th Assistant City Civil Court, Madras, is the appellant in this appeal. The property bearing door No. 206 Arcot Road, Vadapalani, Kodambakkam, Madras, belonged to the family of the appellant and respondents 1 and 2 in execution of the decree obtained by them in O.S. No. 6757 of 1973, brought the property to sale in E. P. No. 2336 of 1976 and the 3rd respondent purchased the property in the sale held on 22-11-1978 for a sum of Rs. 56250/-. The 3rd respondent had also deposited, according to the appellant, 25 per cent of the sale consideration on 23-11-1978. The appellant further stated that out of the amount due to the decree-holder mentioned in the sale proclamation, a sum of Rs. 6,500/- in two instalments of Rs. 5,000/- and Rupees 1,500/- had been paid after the execution petition and therefore, the amount due to the decree-holder as on the date of sale was only Rs. 19,500/-. Claiming that he had deposited a sum of Rs. 19,500/- together with a sum of Rupees 2,812.50 P., representing 5% of the sale consideration paid by the court auction-purchaser and a further sum of Rupees 677.50 P. to cover the expenses of sale, totalling in all to Rs. 23,000/-, the appellant filed the application under Order 21, Rule 89, C.P.C. to set aside the court sale held on 22-11-1978. The appellant had also expressed his willingness to deposit some more amount if found due, though he had stated that he had paid into court a sum of Rs. 23,444/-. 2. The decree-holder viz., respondents 1 and 2 herein made an, endorsement that they have no objection for the sale being set aside as the decree amount has been deposited into court. The application was resisted only by the 3rd respondent herein on the ground that the application had neither been filed in time nor the correct amount deposited. 3. The learned 10th Assistant City Civil Judge, Madras, held that the petition under Order 21, Rule 89, C.P.C. having been filed by the appellant on 21-12-1978 was well within time. The application was resisted only by the 3rd respondent herein on the ground that the application had neither been filed in time nor the correct amount deposited. 3. The learned 10th Assistant City Civil Judge, Madras, held that the petition under Order 21, Rule 89, C.P.C. having been filed by the appellant on 21-12-1978 was well within time. However, the learned 10th Assistant Judge held that in the absence of any data or document to show that the sum of Rupees 6,500/- had been paid to respondents 1 and 2, this amount could not be deducted front out of the amount to be deposited. In addition, it was also held that the appellant had not paid the poundage of Rs. 1,725/-. In this view, the court below held that the appellant had not paid the entire amount and therefore, the sale cannot be set aside. Consequently, the petition was dismissed. It is the correctness of this order that is challenged in this appeal. 4. It is necessary at this stage to deal with an objection raised by the learned counsel for the 3rd respondent to the effect that the petition is barred by limitation. It is not disputed that the sale of the property was held on 22-12-1978. The objection that is raised by the 3rd respondent is that the petition had been filed on 6-1-1979 and therefore, the application is barred. The other objection that is raised in this connection is that the deposit of the amount was made on 27-2-1979 long after the filing of the application and consequently, there was no deposit within time as contemplated in an application under Order 21, Rule 80, C.P.C. A perusal of the application filed by the appellant under Order 21, Rule 89, shows that the petition had been signed on 21-12-1978 and it also bears the court's seal for haying been presented into court on 21-12-1978. Therefore, there is no substance in the objection of the 3rd respondent that the petition was filed only on 6-1-1979 and consequently, it is barred. With reference to the objection that there was a delayed deposit of the amount into court, it is found from the records that a sum of Rs. Therefore, there is no substance in the objection of the 3rd respondent that the petition was filed only on 6-1-1979 and consequently, it is barred. With reference to the objection that there was a delayed deposit of the amount into court, it is found from the records that a sum of Rs. 23,000/- had been deposited into the Reserve Bank of India on 22nd December, 1978 and that challan had also been produced before the City Civil Court, Madras, but that the amounts so paid had been given credit to on 27th February, 1979, after verifying the payment made into the Reserve Bank of India, Madras. It is therefore obvious that the payment had also been made within 30 days from the date of sale. Consequently, it is not open to the third respondent to raise the objection that the application and the payment were made out of time. 5. The learned counsel for the appellant contends that respondents 1 and 2 in this case accepted the payment of Rupees 6,500/- made by the appellant after the proclamation of sale and consequently it is not own to the third respondent to dispute those payment and claim that there is a short fall in the deposit as contemplated under Order 21. Rule 89, C.P.C. On the other hand, the learned counsel for the third respondent contends that inasmuch as there is no proof before the court that the amount of Rupees 6,500/- had been paid to the decreeholder-respondents 1 and 2 herein, the appellant is not entitled to deduct that amount from the deposit and therefore, the deposit is not for the full amount. It is necessary to consider therefore the question whether the payment made by the appellant to respondents 1 and 2 should be either certified or otherwise established apart from the statement of the respondents 1 and 2 that the money had been so paid in order to enable him to deduct that amount from out of the amounts to be deposited in an application under Order 21, Rule 89, C.P.C. In this connection, the learned counsel for the appellant drew my attention to the decision in Subbayya v. Venkatasubba Reddi, AIR 1935 Mad 1050. In that case, the question arose whether the expression 'any amount which may have been received by the decree-holder' would include anything equivalent to the amount which is due to the decree-holder by the judgment-debtor under the decree. In that case, the judgment-debtor in an application under Order 21, Rule 89, C.P.C., merely deposited 5% required under clause (1) (a); but did not deposit the amount required under clause (1) (b) viz., for payment to the decree-holder of the amount specified in the proclamation. 6. According to the judgment-debtor, this was so because the decree-holder had accepted a mortgage from the judgment-debtor in satisfaction of the amount due to him under the decree, On an objection raised by the auction-purchaser that it was not sufficient compliance with Order 21, Rule 89 and therefore the sale ought not to be set aside, Beasley, C. J. held that the judgment-debtor had complied with the conditions laid down in Order 21, Rule 89, C.P.C. and it was not necessary that the decree-holder should have received the amount under clause (1) (b) in cash, that it was enough it the decree-holder was satisfied with regard to the whole amount due to him under the decree and that the court was bound to set aside the sale. In doing so, Beasley C.J. referred to Vedala Lakshminarasimhacharyulu v. Lakshmiamma, 1912 Mad WN 756 and Anantalakshmiammal v. Sankaran Nair, (1913) 24 Mad LJ 205. In the first case, which arose under the provisions of the old Code of 1882, the wording of which is exactly similar to words found in Order 21, Rule 89, C.P.C. it was held that an agreement with the decree-holder's widow to treat a portion of the decree debt as discharged in consideration of services rendered by the judgment-debtor to her husband is a valid discharge and actual receipt of cash is not necessary. In the latter decision, the decree-holders waived a portion of the decree amount and such waiver was held to satisfy the requirements of the rule. At page 206, the Bench observed thus- "The whole amount due to the decree-holder was no doubt paid in cash to the decree-holders. In the latter decision, the decree-holders waived a portion of the decree amount and such waiver was held to satisfy the requirements of the rule. At page 206, the Bench observed thus- "The whole amount due to the decree-holder was no doubt paid in cash to the decree-holders. They waived a portion of the amount due to them and put in application to the court requesting that satisfaction might be entered of the whole amount due to them under the decree............It was held by this court in Vedala Lakshminarasimhacharyulu v. Lakshmiamma, 1912 Mad WN 756 that the payment to the decree-holder need not be in cash and that it is enough if the decree-holder is satisfied with regard to the whole of the amount due to him to justify an application under Order 21, Rule 89." In Muthuvenkatapathi v. Kuppu, AIR 1940 Mad 427, a Full Bench of this court had occasion to consider the scope of Order 21, Rule 89, C.P.C. and the question whether payment in cash to the decree-holder alone is within the contemplation of the provisions of Order 21, Rule 89, C.P.C. and the assignment of a mortgage would not amount to payment to a decree-holder. In considering this question, Leach C.J. Speaking for the Full Bench, stated thus at page 430:- "O.21 Rule 89 C.P.C. permits a judgment-debtor to apply to the Court to have a sale of immoveable property in execution set aside provided certain conditions are fulfilled. He must deposit in Court for payment to the purchaser a sum equal to 5 per cent of the purchase money and in addition must deposit for payment to the decree-holder the amount specified in the proclamation of sale as that for the recovery of which the sale was ordered, less any amount which may, since the date of such proclamation of sale, have been received by the decree-holder. Rule 92 requires these deposits to be made within 30 days from the date of sale. If the deposits are made within the required period the Court is bound to set aside the sale. Under the provisions of Article 166 Limitation Act, the application for setting aside must be filed within 30 days of the sale. Rule 92 requires these deposits to be made within 30 days from the date of sale. If the deposits are made within the required period the Court is bound to set aside the sale. Under the provisions of Article 166 Limitation Act, the application for setting aside must be filed within 30 days of the sale. Again in considering the question whether the delivery by the judgment-debtor to the decree-holder of money's worth would not relieve him from the necessity of paying into court the whole of the decretal amount to entitle him to an order setting aside he sale, the Full Bench referred to the decision in Lakshminarasimhacharyulu v. Lakshmiammal, 1912 Mad WN 756, Anantha Lakshmiammal v. Sankaran Nair, (1913) 24 Mad LJ 205 and Subbaya v. Venkata Subba Reddi, AIR 1935 Mad 1050 and held that any payment or adjustment made by the judgment-debtor which satisfies the decree-holder is a payment within the meaning of the rule. It is thus evident that payment to the decree-holder need not be only by cash and that it is also open to the decree-holder as pointed out by Benson and Sundaram Ayyar, JJ. to waive a portion of the amount due to him and that the waiver operated as payment under Order 21 Rule 89 C.P.C. In the present case, it is not as if the appellant pleaded an adjustment as such, but the appellant and respondents 1 and 2, decree-holders, are not at variance with reference to payment of Rs. 6500 made by the appellant to the decree-holder. In view of the circumstance that respondents 1 and 2 accepted the payment of Rs. 6500 made by the appellant, this would amount to payment received by respondents 1 and 2 since the date of the proclamation of sale which has to be deducted under the provisions of O.21 Rule 89 C.P.C. from out of amount. payable by the appellant while making the deposit in his application under O.21 Rule 89 C.P.C. The Court below was, therefore, in error when it held that the appellant had not deposited the sum of Rs. 6500 along with his application to set aside the sale under O.21, R.89, C.P.C. 7. payable by the appellant while making the deposit in his application under O.21 Rule 89 C.P.C. The Court below was, therefore, in error when it held that the appellant had not deposited the sum of Rs. 6500 along with his application to set aside the sale under O.21, R.89, C.P.C. 7. The next objection that is raised by the learned counsel for the appellant is that the poundge need not be deposited by the appellant who seeks to set aside the Court auction sale by resorting to Order 21 Rule 89 C. P. C. That provision as amended in Madras reads thus: "89 (1) where immoveable property has been sold in execution of a decree the judgment-debtor or any person deriving title from the judgment-debtor, or any person holding an interest in the property may apply to have the sale set aside on his depositing in Court- (a) for payment to the purchaser, a sum equal to 5 per cent of the purchase money and(b) for payment to the decree-holder the amount specified in the proclamation of sale as that for recovery of which the sale was ordered, less any amount which may, since the date of the proclamation of sale, have been received by the decree-holder. Provided that, where the immoveable property sold is liable to discharge a portion of the decree debt the payment under clause (b) of this sub-rule need not exceed such amount as under the decree the owner of the property sold is liable to pay. (2) Where a person applies under Rule 90 to set aside the sale of his immoveable property, he shall not, unless he withdraws his application, be entitled to make or prosecute an application under this rule, (3) Nothing in this rule shall relieve the judgment-debtor from any liability he may be under in respect of costs and interest not covered by the proclamation of sale". 8. 8. A reading of the aforesaid provision does not indicate that poundage as such is contemplated as an item of deposit under the provisions of Order 21 Rule 89 C.P.C. That this is also put beyond doubt by Rule 203 (1) of the Civil Rules of Practice which states that if the sale is set aside under O. XXI Rule 89 of the Code, the Court may make an order for payment by the judgment-debtor of the poundage and other costs and interest, if any, not covered by the proclamation of sale. A plain reading therefore of the provisions of Order 21 Rule 89 C.P.C., along with Rule 203 (1) of the Civil Rules of Practice clearly establishes that in an application under Order 21 Rule 89 C.P.C., seeking to set aside the sale, poundage need not be deposited. 9. The learned counsel for the appellant invited my attention in this connection to the decision of the Calcutta High Court reported in Gopal Chandra Chandra v. Gobardhan Chandra Chandra, AIR 1938 Cal 523. In that case, an application flied by the judgment-debtor under Order 21 Rule 89 C.P.C. depositing equivalent to 5% of the purchase money and also the amounts specified in the proclamation of sale for the recovery of which the sale was ordered; but the poundage was not paid. The sale was set aside and in the appeal by the auction-purchaser it was contended that the poundage had not been paid and, therefore, the sale could not be set aside under Order 21 Rule 89 C.P.C. Repelling this contention Derbyshire C. J., observed at page 523 thus:- "There, is nothing in Order 21 R.89, which makes it necessary for the judgment-debtor to pay in the poundage fee as a condition precedent to the sale being set aside. Order 21 Rule 92 provides that where an application is made to set aside a sale under Order 21 R.89 and the deposit required by that rule is made within 30 days from the date of sale, the Court shall make an order setting aside the sale. In my opinion, the learned Judge was right in setting aside the sale. Order 21 Rule 92 provides that where an application is made to set aside a sale under Order 21 R.89 and the deposit required by that rule is made within 30 days from the date of sale, the Court shall make an order setting aside the sale. In my opinion, the learned Judge was right in setting aside the sale. There is no hardship or injustice upon the auction-purchaser because O.21 R.89 (3) provides:- Nothing in this rule shall relieve the judgment-debtor from any liability he may be under in respect of costs and interest not covered by the proclamation of sale. In the Civil Rules and Orders which are made by this Court application to District Courts it is provided in Ch. X R. 546:- 1. When a sale of immoveable property is set aside under Order 21 Rule 89 or Section 174 (1) Bengal Tenancy Act, the Court may make an order for payment of the judgment-debtor or by the person at whose instance the sale is set aside, of the poundage fee and other costs, if any, not covered by the proclamation of sale". On this reasoning, the order setting aside the sale even though poundage had not been deposited, was upheld. In Sannidhana Lakshmi Kantayya v. Ghatam Suryanarayana, AIR 1963 An Pra 198, a Division Bench of that Court held that on the language of Order 21, Rule 89 C.P.C. and the relevant rules of the Civil Rules of Practice that in order to entitle the judgment-debtor to have the sale set aside under Order 21 Rule 89 C.P.C., only two payments have to be made, namely, (i) compensation to the auction purchaser equivalent to 5 percent of the purchase money and (ii) the decretal amount as indicated in the proclamation of sale for the recovery of which the sale was ordered for being paid to the decree-holder. The Court observed in this connection thus :- "We cannot import into this provision of law the payment of poundage which should only follow the setting aside of the sale as is clear from Rule 203 of the Civil Rules of Practice which postulates that the Court 'may make an order for payment by the judgment-debtor of the poundage and other costs and interest if any, not covered by the proclamation of sale, after the sale is set aside under O.21 R.89 C.P.C. and not before. If that were the legal position, we fail to see how the failure to deposit the full poundage which here we are told comes to Rs. 32-19 would result in the dismissal of the application to set aside the sale. In view of the decision referred to above and since poundage is a charge made by the Court in the sale of the property which can be made payable by the judgment-debtor under R. 203 of the Civil Rules of Practice only after the sale is set aside, the poundage of Rs. 1725 need not have been deposited at all by the appellant. The conclusion of the Court below contra cannot, therefore, be sustained. 10. It is not disputed that if the sum of Rs. 6500 is deducted as it should be and the poundage also need not be deposited, the amount actually deposited by the appellant is in excess of the amounts that should be deposited by him in his application under Order 21 R. 89 C.P.C. The appellant, therefore, is entitled to have the Court sale held on 22-11-1978 set aside. The order of the Court below is therefore set aside and the civil miscellaneous appeal is allowed.No costs.