Mr. Justice Lokeshwar Prasad, President—Since the above mentioned 3 appeals are directed against a common order dated 2.3.2000, passed by District Forum-VII (Sheikh Sarai), in Complaint Case No. 426/99 — entitled Shri Anand Prakash v. Shri B.B. Sharma & Anr., Complaint Case No. 427/1999 — entitled Shri Anand Prakash v. Shri B.B. Sharma & Anr., and Complaint Case No. 323/1999 — entitled Shri Anand Prakash v. Shri B.B. Sharma & Anr., the same are being disposed of by this common order.

2. The facts, relevant for the disposal of the abovementioned three appeals, lie in a narrow compass. The appellant Shri Anand Prakash had filed three separate complaints before the District Forum, under Section 12 of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Act’), alleging that he had deposited a sum of Rs. 1.40 lacs, by way of loan, with Shri B.B. Sharma, Chairman, Hoffland Finance Limited, who gave him 100 Equity Shares of Indian Rayon Industries Limited; 100 Shares of India Petro-Chemicals Corporation Limited; and 100 Shares of Reliance Industries Limited, as a security against the abovesaid loan amount, advanced to Hoffland Finance Ltd. It was alleged in the complaint