Mr. Justice A.L. Bahri, President—Vide this order, two appeals arising out of identical facts are being disposed of. The main order is prepared in Appeal No. 48 of 1995 and this order will cover the connected Appeal No. 25 of 1995. There is one additional point raised in Appeal No. 48 of 1995 which is disposed of before referring to the facts of the case.

2. Alongwith the appeal, an application for condonation of delay in filing, the appeal was filed. During pendency of the appeal, another application for condonation of delay was filed. The applications have been opposed. As to whether there is sufficient cause for condoning the delay in filing the appeal, brief facts of the main case also deserves to be noticed. The complainants applied for 100 shares of the Company, M/s. Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Limited, Gujarat. Since after allotment of the shares, the same were not received by the complainant, they filed the complaint before the District Forum. Notices were issued to the opposite parties. Written statement on behalf of opposite party No. 1 appellant referred to above was filed through post raising preliminary objections and on merits, asserting that after allotment