K.K. Srivastava, President — In this appeal filed against judgment and order dated 7.10.2003 passed by District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum-I, U.T., Chandigarh [for short herein-

after referred to as the District Forum] dismissing the Complaint Case No. 102 of 2002 filed by Col. D.C. Sood against NIIT and M/s. Delta Information Services Limited, the short submission made by the appellant is that the District Forum has wrongly held that he was not a consumer vis-a-vis the O.Ps. inasmuch as it was the Indian Army, which had approached the respondents and entered into an agreement for imparting educa-tion of Post Graduate Diploma in Infor-mation Technology and Management.

2. Before dealing with the afore-said contention, the facts of the case may briefly be narrated. The appellant is in active service of Indian Army. And he was granted two years study leave by the Military Training Directorate Army Headquarters vide letter dated 8.9.1999. The period of leave was from 30.9.1999 to 29.9.2001. The appellant was to pursue Post Graduate Diploma in Information Technology and Management from M/s. Delta Information Services Limited (a licensee of NIIT) Sector 11, Panchkula. The appel