JUDGMENT :

Petitioner was one of the opposite parties in a Consumer Complaint instituted by respondents 4 and 5 before the District Consumer Dispute Redressal Forum, Kottayam as C.C.No.1055 of 1998. The complaint was allowed by the Forum granting compensation to respondents 4 and 5, and the decision of the Forum was affirmed in appeal by the State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission with a modification in favour of the petitioner. The petitioner as also respondents 4 and 5 challenged the decision of the State Commission before the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, and in terms of Ext.P1 order, the National Commission affirmed the decisions of the Forum and the State Commission with a modification in favour of the respondents 4 and 5. The complainants thereupon instituted proceedings before the Forum for enforcement of the decision of the Forum and the said proceedings are pending. In the meanwhile, at the instance of respondents 4 and 5, the Forum issued a notice to the petitioner directing him to show cause why penalty in terms of Section 27 of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 (the Act) shall not be imposed on him. Ext.P10 is the notice issued to the petitioner i