Dr. B.C. Gupta, Presiding Member—This revision petition has been filed under section 21(b) of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 against the impugnedORDER dated 23.12.2010, passed by the Punjab State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (for short ‘the State Commission’) in FA No. 192/2007, “Sanjiv Kaushal v. Rajiv Sharma”, vide which while dismissing appeal, theORDER dated 01.08.2006, passed by the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, Gurdaspur, in consumer complaint no. 836/2004, allowing the said complaint, was upheld.

2. Brief facts of the case are that the respondent/complainant Rajiv Sharma filed the complaint in question under section 12 of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 (in short the Act) for recovery of an amount of Rs.78,100/- from the petitioner. It was stated in the complaint that the petitioner/OP is the President of a society, called the Shri Sai Baba Jan Kalyan Society, and he published advertisements in The Hindustan Times on 13.12.2003, inviting the public to contribute a sum of Rs. 699/- to the Society. The complainant deposited the said amount, after which he was allotted ID No. 0001775. The complainant enrolled 42 more members under the scheme a