Vinay Kumar, Member—Complaint No.233 of 1994 was first decided by the State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission of Delhi, on 5.12.2005. Three appeals were filed against this order by the OPs, as well as the Complainant, which were decided by the National Commission on 27.4.2010. The matter was remanded back to the State Commission for fresh consideration and disposal. Accordingly, the matter was considered afresh by the State Commission and decided on 26.5.2011. The State Commission has dismissed the complaint, against which, the Complainant Shri R.P.Oberoi has filed the present appeal.

2. The appellant has chosen to conduct his case on his own and therefore has been heard in person. The record as produced by him, together with those submitted during the course of the present proceedings, have been perused and considered.

3. The appeal of Shri Oberoi was filed on 11.11.2011, with a delay of 124 days. In the application for conondation of this delay, the following explanation has been advanced by the appellant:-

“1. That the Appellant is 82 years old retired Civil Servant and has been fighting this case on his own for the last 17 yeaRs. He was not aware that the period of f