Mr. Justice R.N. Mittal, President—This appeal has been filed by the OP against the order of the District Forum (D.F.) dated 11-1-93.

2. Briefly, the facts are that the complainants travelled from Madras to Delhi on 23.12.91 by Tamilnadu Express, which leaves Madras at 21.00 hours. It left Madras at 22.20 hours. It is alleged that on 24.12.91 it was detained somewhere in the forest area for about seven hours i.e. from 15.00 hours to 22.00 hours without any reasonable cause.

3. It is further pleaded that on 24.12.91 no evening tea and dinner was served to the passengers causing unbearable agony to them. A complaint was lodged at Amla Station by them but inspite of that no proper arrangements for food were made for that night and for the next day. The train reached Delhi on 25.12.91 at 16.50 hours instead of the scheduled time of 06.45 hours.

4. It is next pleaded that the train was a superfast train for which they had paid higher charges and in few of the late arrival of the train by more than nine hours they were entitled to get the refund of the extra charges paid for that train. They also claimed damages for harassment and inconvenience.

5. The complaint was contested by the OP.