Syed Abdullah, Member—The appellants 1 and 2 are the unsuccessful Opposite Parties 1 and 2 in CD 199/99 before the District Forum, Warangal against whom an order dated 29.12.2006 was passed directing to pay compensation @ Rs.10,800 per acre to each of the complainants 1 to 10 to the extent of the land in which the seeds that were sown and those seeds were produced and sold by the opposite parties, so also, directed to pay the interest on the respective amounts due.

2. The impugned order has been challenged as erroneous and sought to set aside taking the stand that in the absence of satisfactory evidence that the seeds were of inferior quality or defective one especially, when there is an admission by the complainants that the genetic purity is good which was also certified by the Cotton Scientist of Fact Finding Committee that the genetic purity is good.

3. In nutshell, the facts of the case are that the complainants are residents of Mallampalli village, Warangal District and they are Agriculturists. OP 1 is a Manufacturer, OP 2 is a Marketer, OP 3 Distributor and OP 4 is the Dealer of cotton seeds. The complainants have purchased 450 gms Ajeet seed variety cotton from OP 4 f