Mr. Justice S.S. Sandhawalia, President — What should be the approximately reasonable period within which a revision petition under Section 17(1)(b) of the Consumer Protection Act should ordinarily be preferred, is the significant threshold question in the case.

2. The facts relevant to the issue aforesaid alone merit a brief recapitulation. Way back in the mid year 1990 Sh. Umda Singh Lamba, Advocate had preferred a complaint against the present revision petitioner M/s. Wheels World before the District Forum at Hisar. The order in the said complaint was rendered against the petitioner exparte as late as the 3rd of August, 1990. Apparently no appeal against the said order was preferred. Partial default in compliance with the order aforesaid having taken place, the District Forum initiated proceedings against the petitioner under Section 27 and directed them to appear before the Forum on the 14th of February, 1991. In a written reply thereto the petitioner took up the stand that they were not liable to pay any interest as well as expenses which had been directed to be paid by the original order. It would seem that no personal appearance or through Counsel was put in and the Dist