Mr. Justice K.K. Srivastava, President—We propose to decide the two appeals bearing Nos. 280 and 281 both of 2004, mentioned above, which arise from a common judgment and order dated 25.3.2004 passed by District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum-II, U.T., Chandigarh [for short hererinafter referred to as the District Forum] in Complaint Case No. 1040 dated 3.12.2002, Jatinder Singh Juneja v. Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority (for short hereinafter to be referred to as PUDA) and Another, deciding another Complaint Case No. 1041 of 2002, Smt. Surinder Kaur v. PUDA and Another. The two complaint cases were taken up for disposal by a common judgment on the ground that they involved common questions of law and facts. The facts were, however, extracted from the case filed by respondent Shri Jatinder Singh Juneja. The relevant facts for disposal of these two appeals as extracted from the complaint case are as under:

2. The appellant-PUDA floated a scheme for allotment of freehold booth sites on reserved price in S.A.S. Nagar (Mohali) in District Ropar. The scheme commenced from 25.6.2001 and closed on 27.7.2001. A sum of Rs. 50,000/- was required to be deposited as the a