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 21.2.2002, passed by District Forum, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi in Complaint Case No. TC-2983/1998 entitled Shri Raj Dutta & Ors. v. Garwal Mandal Vikas Nigam Ltd.

2. The facts, relevant for the disposal of the present appeal, briefly stated, are that the respondents Shri Raj Dutta and five others had filed a joint complaint before the District Forum under Section 17 of the Act, averring therein that acting upon the various advertisements and representations, made by the appellant, the respondents got booked six seats with the appellant after making a payment @ Rs. 3,045/- per seat to the appellant for Delhi-Kedarnath-Badrinath tour which was to commence from Delhi from 30.5.1994. The tour for which the booking was done was to be organised by the appellant and the duration of the tour was for eight days. It was stated in the complaint filed by the respondents that in the advertisements and representations made by the appellant it was represented that the appellant wou