 [His lordship stated the facts as contained in the headnote and continued:] The procedure regulating an application for the writ of certiorari is provided by the Supreme [High] Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, [1954],1 Order 59, r. 3 thus:

"Leave shall not be granted to apply for an order of certiorari to remove any judgment, order, conviction or other proceeding for the purpose of its being quashed, unless the application for leave is made not later than six 