ORDER

R.S. Sharma, President—This appeal is directed against the order dated 28.09.2016, passed by District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, Rajnandgaon (C.G.) (henceforth called "District Forum") in Complaint Case No.26/2016. By the impugned order, the District Forum, has allowed the complaint of respondent (complainant) and directed that :-

01. The O.P. will pay Rs. 17,00,000/- (Rupees Seventeen Lakhs) towards compensation to the complainant within a period of one month from the date of order along with interest @ 6% p.a. from the date of filing of the complaint i.e. 15.02.2016 till date of payment.

02. The O.P. will pay Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) towards compensation for mental agony and Rs. 2,000/- (Rupee Two Thousand) towards cost of litigation to the complainant within period of one month.

2. Briefly stated, the facts of the complaint of the complainant are that the complainant is doing business of transporting and under the above business he is loading goods through the transporting agent and was carrying and bringing the goods to one place to another place or one city to another city or one State to another State. As per instructions of Baljinder Road Carrier, Bald