ORDER :-This revisional application is one under Article 227 of the Constitution of India and is directed against order No. 9 dated 8-7-2004 passed by the District Consumer Dispute Redressal Forum, Hooghly in connection with CDF Case No. 38 of 2004.

2. The said case was brought by the present Opposite party against the present petitioner with prayer for directing the present petitioner to deposit Rs. 25,000/- in favour of the Opposite Party No. 1. The present Opposite Party also prayed for relief regarding rectification and adjustment of the amount in the pass book. The present Opposite Party also prayed for passing appropriate order directing the present petitioner to pay Rs. 20,000/- as compensation.

3. The fact leading to filing of the said case may be summed up thus :-

(i) The present Opposite Party along with his wife approached the Hooghly Co-operative and Agricultural Development Bank for financial assistance in purchasing a tractor.

(ii) The bank sanctioned a sum of Rs. 2,23,029/- by order dated 6-2-1999.

(iii) It is the case of the present Opposite Party that though the rate of interest was agreed to be @ 15% per annum, the Bank charged interest @ 17.5% per annum.

(iv) It is the

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