Mr. Justice Lokeshwar Prasad, President—The present appeal, filed by the appellant, under Section 15 of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Act’), is directed against order dated 24.2.2001, passed by District Forum (North-West), Shalimar Bagh, Delhi in Complaint Case No. 1863/1999 - entitled Swami Purushottamacharya v. M/s. Preet Freight Carrier & Ors.

2. The facts, relevant for the disposal of the present appeal, briefly stated are, that the appellant had filed a complaint under Section 12 of the Act before the District Forum, averring that the appellant had engaged the services of respondent No. 3 for transporting his household goods/articles from Mumbai to Delhi. It was stated that respondent No. 3, for the abovesaid purpose, had arranged Truck No. DI 1L C0733, belonging to respondent Nos. 1 and 2. It was further stated, in the complaint, filed by the appellant, that 38 packages, containing household articles, were loaded in the abovesaid truck on 26.6.1999 for being transported from Mumbai to Delhi. It was averred that by mistake, in the challan, issued by respondent No. 3, the number of packages/items was mentioned as ‘36’ instead of ‘38’. Th