JUDGMENT :

1. Heard Shri Mohammad Affan, Advocate holding brief of Shri G.M. Kamil, learned counsel for petitioner, learned Standing Counsel for the State and perused the material available on record.

2. By means of the present writ petition, the petitioner has challenged the order of District Consumer Dispute Redressal Forum, Ambedkar Nagar dated 30.04.2010 thereby he has allowed the claim preferred by respondent nos. 2 to 6 with regard to the payment of compensation for the potatoes stored in the warehouse owned by the petitioner.

3. It has been submitted by learned counsel for petitioner that the petitioner is a partnership firm, consisting of four partners and is running a cold storage unit in the name & style of M/s Haji Ramzan Abdul Rauf Cold Storage Unit-II. It has further been stated that for running the said cold storage the petitioner had obtained the necessary licence/permission from the appropriate authority/Licensing Authority and is doing the business of storing the agricultural produces, which are grown by the local farmers such as potatoes etc. For the year 2008, the petitioner had stored the potatoes, which was brought by the local farmers/respondent nos. 2 to 6 and i