B.C. Gupta, Member—This single order shall dispose of two revision petitions as detailed in the head-note above and a copy of the same may be placed in each file.

2. These two revision petitions are concerning the consumer complaint filed by Dr. Rabindra Nath Pati who had planned to travel by British Airways from India to Philadelphia, USA and back and purchased air ticket for the said travel from Swosti Travels. The petitions have been filed against the impugned order dated 26.12.2007, passed by the Orissa State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (for short ‘the State Commission’) in FA No. 287/2006, “British Airways versus Rabindra Nath Pati and Anr.” and FA No. 568/2006 “Rabindra Nath Pati versus M/s. Swosti Travels & Anr.” These appeals were made against the order dated 07.02.2006 passed by the District Forum, Khurda, Bhubaneswar, Orissa in Consumer Complaint No. 348/2004, filed by Dr. Rabindra Nath Pati complainant against Swosti Travels and British Airways.

3. The facts of the case are that the complainant Rabindra Nath Pati was invited by Penn State University, Pennsylvania, United States of America to attend the Indigenous Knowledge Conference – 2004 which was t