Dr. B.C. Gupta, Presiding Member—This revision petition has been filed under section 21(b) of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 against the impugned order dated 17.04.2017, passed by the Punjab State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (hereinafter referred to as ‘the State Commission’) in M.A. No. 755/2017, filed in First Appeal No. 247/2017, vide which the said MA, seeking condonation of delay in filing the appeal, were ordered to be dismissed and consequently, the main appeal No. 247/2017 was also dismissed. The said appeal had been filed against the order dated 20.07.2016, passed by the District Consumer Redressal Forum Mohali in CC No. 47/2016, vide which, the consumer complaint filed by the present respondent had been allowed.

2. Briefly stated, the facts of the case are that the respondent/complainant M.L. Bhardwaj, who was working as Chief Manager in Vijaya Bank Bangalore, upon his retirement, hired the services of the Petitioner/Opposite Party (OP) for packing and moving his household articles and car etc. from Bangalore to Zirakpur near Chandigarh. A sum of Rs.69,398/- was charged by the OP for the said service from the complainant. Upon delivery at the destinati