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1. The suit giving rise to this revision application was filed by opponent No. 1, Miraj Education Society, through its President, Dr. Dattatraya Shivram Bhadbhade (hereafter called the plaintiff) against the petitioner and opponent No. 2 (hereinafter referred to as defendants Nos. 1 and 2 respectively) for a declaration that the plaintiff is entitled to recover a sum of Rs. 25,000 kept in fixed deposit by the deceased, Tippanna Satappa Mugeri in the Belgaum Bank. Defendant No. 1 is the son and defendant No. 2 is the widow of the deceased. The material facts may be briefly stated as follows: The deceased, Tippanna Satappa Mugeri had kept a sum of Rs. 15,000 in the Miraj Branch of the Belgaum Bank on July 9, 1956, and another sum of Rs. 10,000 on May 7, 1956, in the Jayasingpur Branch of the said Bank, as fixed deposits. The period of these fixed deposits was for one year. Tippanna was ailing and was taking treatment in a hospital at Miraj under the guidance of one Dr. Gosavi. On August 10, 1.956, Tippanna sent an application through post to the Belgaum Bank stating that he had donated the amounts in the aforesaid fixed deposits in favour of the plaintiff. The same day, he handed over the receipts of the fixed deposits to the plaintiff. On August 11, 1956, the plaintiff wrote two letters, one to the Miraj Branch and the other to the Jayasingpur Branch of the Belgaum Bank, stating that the sums in those Branches were donated to them (the plaintiff) and demanding the return of the said amounts under the said fixed deposits. On August 24, 1956, the plaintiff wrote another letter to the Head Office at Belgaum in that respect. Tippanna died on August 14, 1956, at Belgaum. It appears that prior to his death, a telegram was received by the Belgaum Bank purporting to be in the name of Tippanna in which it was stated that the donation was revoked by Tippanna. The defendants made an application to the District Court, Belgaum, for a succession certificate and obtained the same on September 18, 1957. On November 5, 1957, the plaintiff gave a notice to the Belgaum Bank calling upon the latter to pay the sums under the said deposits. On November 9, 1957, the Bank informed the plaintiff that the latter must obtain a declaration from a competent Court that they are the owners of the fixed deposits. Accordingly, the plaintiff filed a suit on November 25, 1957, for a declaration that they are the owners of the amounts under the two sets of fixed deposits.