It may not be out of place to mention that on account of cer tain divergent views expressed by Judges of the Kerala High Court on this point the question was referred to a Division Bench of that Court which drawing strength on the ratio laid down by this Court in State of Punjab vs Mohar Singh, ; observing: "The line of enquiry would be, not whether the new Act expressly keeps alive old rights and liabilities but whether it manifests an intention to destroy them." and agreeing with the view expressed by Krishnamurthy Iyer, J (as he then was and who is now appearing before us for the first respondent in different capacity) in Civil Revision Petition Nos. 1090 and 109 1 of 1972 wherein this precise question came up for consideration held that the application filed under Section 6 of Act 9 of 1967 which was pending on the date of the commencement of the Act 35 of 1969 was liable to be continued and dealt with under the provisions of the earlier Act, untrammelled by the provisions of the later Act.