ORDER

Ashok Bhan, President - This order shall dispose of the 13 sets of Revision Petitions filed by the National Seeds Corporation Limited-petitioner against different respondents. Although there is a variation in the land holdings of the various respondents and the varieties of seeds, which the respondents had obtained, but the question of law is the same.

2. The land holdings in all these cases vary from 2 acres to 10 acres. In Revision Petition No. 1400 of 2004, the holding is mentioned to be 27 acres but the same belongs to seven respondents and on an average, their holdings come to 2 to 4 acres of land. Except in Revision Petition Nos. 3675 of 2007 and 3676 of 2007, where the variety of seed taken by the farmer-respondent was of chili, in all other cases, the farmers had taken seeds of bitter gourd and the quantity of the seeds vary from 3 to 6 kgs.

3. We will be referring to the facts of Revision Petition Nos. 3675 of 2007 and 3676 of 2007, reference to which was made by the Counsel for the parties.

4. The complainant, Shri T.S. Rao, respondent herein, had on 24.6.1996, purchased 13.550 kgs. hybrid chili seeds (X-235 Bhaskar variety) @ Rs. 225 per kg. In addition to this, he pai