Mr. Justice A. Venkatarami Reddy, President—The complainant a retired Air Commodore, aged about 75 years having an industry at Neredmet, consulted on 21.5.1988 the Doctor at L.V. Prasad Eye Institute and paid a sum of Rs. 80/as evidenced by Ex. A-1, and on examination the Doctor diagnosed that the complainant was having cataracts in both the eyes more in the right eye than the left. Thereafter he consulted again on 14.10.1988 as evidenced by Ex. A-2 receipt and on 16.10.1988 as evidenced by Ex. A- 3 receipt for Rs. 3,350/- and was admitted on 16.10.1988 and Dr. Chandrasekhar performed cataract operation at 8.30 a.m. on 17.10.1988 and implanted a lens (Intraocular), and the complainant was advised to stay in the institute for one more day for post operative care. But the complainant on the very next day morning of operation developed head-ache and severe pain in the right eye and was again taken to operation theatre and was re-operated and a vitrectomy was performed by removal of intraocular lens which was implanted on the previous day. Thereafter the complainant developed infection in his right eye with a typical coliform bacteria for which the opposite party used massive doss