ORDER

Mr. Justice Jasbir Singh (Retd.), President - This appeal is directed against an order dated 04.02.2016, rendered by the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum-I, UT, Chandigarh (hereinafter to be called as the Forum only) vide which, it partly accepted the complaint, filed by the complainant (now respondent) and directed the Opposite Party (now appellant), as under:-

"In view of the above discussion, the present complaint deserves to succeed and the same is partly allowed. OP-1 is directed :-

(i) To refund the excess amount of service tax illegally charged from the complainant.

(ii) To pay Rs. 10,000/- as compensation to the complainant for the harassment caused to him.

(iii) To also pay a sum of Rs. 7,000/- to the complainant as litigation expenses.

This order be complied with by OP-1 within one month from the date of receipt of its certified copy, failing which it shall make the payment of the amount mentioned at Sr. No. (ii) above, with interest @ 12% per annum from the date of filing of the present complaint till realization, apart from compliance of directions at Sr. No. (i) & (iii) above."

The facts, in brief are that, the respondent/complainant had filed a consumer compl