This is an appeal against the order dated 11.11.2003 passed by the District Forum, Hardwar whereby the complaint of the complainant was allowed and the Learned Forum cancelled all the bills issued by the appellant with a direction to permanently disconnect the connection of the complainant and to issue fresh bills on that basis.

2. The brief facts of the case are that the complainant had filed a complaint with the allegations that he has taken the connection in 1991 for domestic purposes but the appellant took the connection as commercial one and issued bills treating the premises as commercial. The complainant got his connection permanently disconnected in 1997 but, the sirancity department did not here. Hence the complaint was filed.

3. After taking the evidence of the parties, the Learned Forum allowed the complaint. Against which order, the present appeal has been filed. .

4. In the appeal, one Sh. Rajbir Singh, Advocate appeared on 15.01.2004 on behalf of the opposite party and filed his Vakalatnama and took date of 09.03.2004. On 09.03.2004, the opposite party took time and 11.05.2004 was fixed for hearing. Again on 11.05.2004, the Learned Counsel for the opposite party