ORDER

Pritam Pal, President - This revision by complainant Rashpal Singh is directed against the order dated 8.10.2009 passed by District Consumer Forum-I, U.T. Chandigarh whereby his complaint bearing No. 925 of 2009 for refund of Rs. 5,500 paid to Sh. Devendra Prasad as expenses of his being expert witness was dismissed in limine with a penalty of Rs. 10,000 under Section 26 of the Consumer Protection Act.

The parties in this judgment hereinafter shall be referred to as per their ranking before the District Forum.

2. In nutshell the facts culminated to the commencement of this appeal may be recapitulated thus:

The complainant was a tenant in certain premises and his landlord in 1999 filed an ejectment application under the East Punjab Rent Restriction Act in which the complainant was alleged to have been served and on account of his non-appearance he was proceeded against ex parte. The ejectment order was passed against him on 8.6.2001. The complainant then filed a civil suit for declaration in the year 2002 to the effect that he was never served in the ejectment application and the report about service of summons did not bear his signatures which was forgery and fabrication. In orde