Mr. Justice E.J. Bellie, President—The unsuccessful complainant is the appellant. The complainant is a member of the 1st opposite party Cooperative Housing Construction Society Limited, Tirunagar. The 2nd opposite party is the Special Officer of the said Cooperative Society. The case of the complainant is that he joined as a member of the Society by paying the subscription fee for the purpose of getting a house site allotted by the Society from out of the lands acquired by the Society for distribution to its members. Even though he was the senior member, the Society has allotted house sites to junior members and his application for allotment of house site has not been given effect to at all. It is further alleged that there are certain procedures laid down in the by-laws of the Society to follow — some of them being regarding distribution of house sites. The Society has violated the rules and it has ignored the application of the complainant. Therefore, the opposite parties are guilty of deficiency in service. On these allegations the complaint has been filed for directing the opposite parties to allot a house site to the complainant and to award compensation.

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