Mr. Justice R.N. Mittal, President—This appeal has been filed by the D.E.S.U., the Opposite Party (OP.), against the order of the District Forum No. 2 by which the complaint of the complainant has been accepted and the D.E.S.U. has been directed to restore the electric connection of the complainant within 30 days from the date of the order and to pay him Rs. 1,000/- as damages.

2. Briefly, the facts are that the complainant purchased a house No. A-304 from Smt. Bhupinder Kaur Vide registered deed dated 28 Feb., 1974. The property being lease hold from the President of India, was required to be mutated in the name of the complainant in the records of the Land & Development Officer, Govt. of India. It is alleged that the complainant made an application to Land & Development Officer, Govt. of India (hereinafter referred to as ‘I & DO’) or mutation and the needful was done by him. Later, he applied to the M.C.D. for transferring the house in his name in their records. However, inspite of his best efforts they did not mutate the house in his name till 27th August, 1992.

3. The O.P. raised a bill of Rs. 14,828-34ps. against the complainant regarding the electricity charges for the per