Mr. Justice V.K. Agarwal, President—Both these appeals under Section 15 of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 are directed against the same order dated 16.11.2004 in Complaint No. 137/2004 by District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, Raipur (hereinafter called “District Forum” for short), hence they are being disposed of by this common order.

2. Indisputably, the complainant Lalchand Agarwal is the proprietor of Small Scale Industries Unit registered in the name and style of “Sanyog Offset Private Ltd.,” Samta Colony, Raipur since 10.4.1990. He obtained electric service connection from the respondent in that year to run the said unit. He was admittedly being billed as per industrial tariff, by the opposite party Electricity Board (CSEB). The dispute arose as the Electricity Board demanded additional bill of Rs. 1,07,747 by letter dated 4.9.2000 relating to the electricity consumed by the aforementioned unit of the complainant, during the period 1998-2000. It was stated in the said letter and the correspondence which followed thereafter, that the complainant’s service connection as per audit report was required to be charged, as per commercial tariff and not as per industrial t