Mr. Justice H.S. Brar, President—It is an appeal against the order dated 5.8.2002 of District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, Patiala (hereinafter referred to as the “District Forum”).

2. Briefly stated, the facts as stated in the complaint filed before the District Forum are that the respondent-complainant Jagroop Singh (hereinafter called the “complainant”) had applied for tube-well connection in the year 1990 and had deposited Rs. 120/- for this purpose. A number of his co-villagers had also applied for tube-well connections. Demand notices were issued to his co-villagers as per circular No. 70/74 dated 28.1.2000. Another circular No. 7/2001 was issued directing all the Chief Engineers to release/issue the demand notices to the applicants, who had applied upto 31.3.1990. It was further alleged by the complainant that the appellants/opposite parties (hereinafter called the “opposite parties”) had issued demand notices to a number of persons who had applied after the date of application by the complainant. It was then stated in the complaint that the opposite parties had already installed 25 KW transformer in the land of Harjant Singh and connection could be issued to the c