Mr. Justice V.S. Kokje, President — This is an appeal filed by the complainant against the majority decision of District Forum, Rewa holding that the complaint — is not maintainable at the instance of the appellant who is not a consumer. One of the members of the Forum however, has taken a different view.

2. The complainant contended that an electric connection was taken by his father late Mohanlal. After the death of Mohanlal the complainant is using the electricity through that connection and is paying the bills. The respondents-Officers of the M.P. Electricity Board (hereinafter called the M.P.E.B.') raised a bill of Rs. 4,318.05 for the period from July 1986 to March 1988 on the ground that the meter did not work during that period and, therefore, the consumer was not earlier billed for consumption during that period. The bill was raised on the basis of average consumption for the previous three months. The complainant challenged this in his complaint.

3. The learned President of the Forum and Smt. Sitara Saxena took the view that unless all the legal representatives of late Mohanlal join in making the complaint, the complaint cannot be heard. They also held that the amount