Mr. Justice I. Venkatanarayana, President—Opposite parties are the appellants.

2. Aggrieved by the order of the District Consumer Forum, Guntur in C.D. No. 187/1999 dated 11.7.2003 the present appeal has been filed under Section 15 of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986.

3. The facts leading to the filing of this appeal are set out as hereunder:

The complainant was a diploma holder and appeared for Engineering Common Admission Test for diploma holders during the year 1995-96 and obtained rank No. 301. He joined the college of the opposite party and studied for one year and during the first year of examination gave a letter dated 5.5.1997 to the second opposite party stating that he wanted to withdraw from the college and requested the opposite parties to return the original certificates which were submitted at the time of admission. The opposite parties asked the complainant to pay the fees for the remaining two years and promised that they would obtain a letter from the Competent Authorities permitting the complainant to join the opposite parties college at his convenience without further payment of any fees. Believing the version of the opposite parties, the complainant paid Rs.