Mr. Justice Navin Chandra Sharma, President — This appeal has been filed by the Director, Telecom (South) Udaipur and Telecommunication District Engineer, Panchvati, Udaipur against the order of the District Forum, Udaipur dated 7.10.92 whereby the District Forum directed the opposite parties-appellants to sanction new telephone connection to the complainant from Udaipur Telephone Exchange within one month and further to pay a compensation of Rs. 2,000/- to the complainant. The complainant-respondent was duly served by registered post and he sent a written reply to the appeal. On 8.5.95 Sh. Mathuresh Nagda, sister’s son of the respondent appeared, but the respondent did not appear in-person. We heard arguments in the appeal and perused the record.

2. It is not in dispute that the complainant respondent had on 17.7.82 made an application for telephone connection under general category to District Engineer, Telecommunication Udaipur and he was kept in waiting list and serial number in that list 1870 (A) was assigned to him. The complainant is resident of Village Seesarama, Tehsil Girwa, Distt. Udaipur. The complainant wanted the telephone connection from Udaipur Telephone Exchang