B. A fee amounting to one-half of the fee payable on the plaint in a suit for the amount of the relief claimed in the

Provided, that if the suit or application is ordered to be re-heard, the Small Cause Court may direct that such fee be repaid, in whole or in part, to the party by whom it has been paid ".

4. Insertion of new sections 74A to After section 74 of the principal Act, the following sections shall be inserted, namely :- " 74-A. Where the plaintiff or applicant in any suit or application received and registered under section 74 succeeds in the suit or application, the Small Cause Court shall calculate the amount of fee which would have been paid by the plaintiff or applicant if that suit or application had not been so received and registered; such amount shall be recoverable by the State Government from any party ordered by the decree or order to pay the same, and shall be a first charge on the subject-matter of the suit or application.