Mr. Justice S.K. Dubey, President—Appeal No. 494/1995 arises out of the order dated 6.6.1995 passed in Case No. 201 of 1995 by the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, Raipur (for short the ‘District Forum’). While the Appeal No. 495 of 1995 arises out of the order dated 8.6.1995 passed in Case No. 232 of 1995 by District Forum, Raipur. Both appeals are being disposed of by this common order.

2. The facts giving rise to these appeals are thus : the opposite party/appellant is a housing co-operative society registered under M.P. Co- operative Societies Act, 1960. Complainants in the two complaint cases are the members of the Society. The complainant Niranjanlal Mehar deposited Rs. 11,410/- in the year 1989 for the allotment of the plot, while the other complainant Ramesh Chandra Paul deposited Rs. 21,410/- for allotment of the plot but the Society did not allot the plot to the two complainants inspite of their best efforts for no fault of the complainants. Therefore, the complainants filed separate complaints. Niranjanlal filed Complaint No. 201 / 1995 and Ramesh Chandra Paul filed Complaint No. 232/1995 alleging deficiency in service and made a prayer for refund of the a