Judgment :-

Jagdish Singh Khehar, J.

1. Leave granted.

2. Shyam Kapoor, the respondent herein, preferred a complaint before the District Consumer Forum IInd, Lucknow (hereinafter referred to as the ‘District Forum’), asserting that he had deposited a sum of Rs.5,000/- with the Lucknow Development Authority, i.e., the appellant herein, on 1.12.1982. The aforesaid deposit had been made for allotment of a 6,000 sq. ft. plot in the ‘A’ category under the Gomti Nagar Residential Scheme (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Scheme’). It was alleged, that the Lucknow Development Authority had neither allotted any plot to the respondent-complainant, nor returned the deposit tendered by him. The appellant herein, however, issued a press notice in 1991 requiring persons similarly situated as the respondent-complainant, to deposit an additional amount by January 1992, so as to be eligible for consideration, for such allotment. On account of the fact, that the deposit of the differential amount was imperative for future consideration, the respondent-complainant deposited a further amount of Rs.15,000/- on 30.1.1992. Still, no plot was allotted to the respondent-complainant. On 30.10.1996, Shyam Kapoor