Mr. Justice R.G. Desai, President—In this complaint Notice was given to the com- plainant to appear before the Commission and to argue on the question of maintainability of complaint. Accordingly, we heard the complainant today.

2. Few facts necessary for the disposal of the complaint may be stated as follows: -

The Complainant had engaged the services of the Respondent who is an advocate at Bangalore for conducting CRP No. 807/1985 on the file of the High Court of Karnataka, Bangalore, by paying a consolidated fee of Rs. 2,500/- through Cheques bearing Nos. 'G' 0993646 and 0993647 dated 30.9.1988 and 1.10.1988 respectively, drawn on the Bank of Baroda, Bangalore - 560 009. When the said CRP came up for hearing on 6.10.1988 before Court Hall No. 17 at 4.00 p.m., it was passed over to the next day on account of the absence of the Respondent's Counsel Mr. G.E. Kotre. The said case was not reached on the next date. In the mean time, as demanded by the Respondent, the complainant paid him Rs.2,000/- in cash on 11.10.1988. The Respondent asked the complainant to pay Rs. 3,000/- more but the complainant expressed his inability to pay the same. Then the Respondent handed over the file