Mr. Justice P.C. Misra, President — This appeal arises out of the final order passed in C.D. Case No. 118 of 1992 by the District Forum, Khurda, Bhubaneswar. The opposite parties in the said case are the appellants in this appeal. The respondent as complainant filed the aforesaid case claiming compensation of Rs. 38,000/- as per the break-up given in para 21 of the complaint petition. His case is that he had been running a printing press named as Sri Lokanath Press at Balugaon in a rented house belonging to one Laxmidhar Biswal. The allegations contained in the application are that the electrical Substation of Balugaon is near the rooms where the Press is operated and the main transformer is placed just 15’ away from the said Press. He has alleged that the main connection of the Substation to the transformer passes over the roof of the Press which is a thatched one. He claims to have raised protests for the sparks emanating from the transformer apprehending that it may be the cause of the house being gutted with fire. But the authorities did not pay any heed. The assertion of the complainant is that on 10.8.90 at about 2 a.m. at night-fall the roof of the Press was burnt due t