V.K. Jain, Presiding Member—Late Shri Om Prakash Seth, father of complainant No.2, Baldev Seth, obtained an LPG connection from the appellant/opposite party No.1-Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as IOC) and the cylinders containing LPG were being supplied to him by opposite party No.2-Citizen Gas Enterprises. It appears from a perusal of the record that at the relevant time, the LPG supplied against the connection obtained by Late Shri Om Prakash Seth was being used in the house of his son, complainant No.2- Shri Baldev Seth and Shri Om Prakash Seth himself was not residing in that house. One LPG cylinder was booked with opposite party No.2 by/on behalf of the registered consumer and was duly supplied. The case of the complainants is that the LPG cylinder was supplied on 05-12-1995 whereas the case of the opposite party No.2 is that it was supplied on 01-12-1995. An explosion took place in the house where complainant No.2 was residing with his family, at about 5:15 A.M. on 06-12-1995, and according to the complainants, window panes of their house as well as of the adjoining flats were smashed due to the impact of the explosion. This is also the case