District Forum allowed the complaint by giving the following directions to the petitioner:

1.                to pay 18% interest for the delayed payment of commuted pension as per the rules and regulations, till the date of filing of the complaint, and the date should be arrived as per the regulations.

2.                to pay damage of Rs.3000/-, towards expenses made by them.

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3.                to pay a sum of Rs.15,000/- to each complainant under the heading rendering deficiency in service, which caused mental agony and other kind of sufferings, and

4.                to pay a cost of Rs.2500/- to each complainant.

          Appeals filed by the petitioner before the State Commission have been dismissed with costs of Rs.1,000/- in each.

          After hearing counsel for the petitioner, we uphold the order passed by the fora below except that the amount of compensation is reduced from Rs.15,000/- to Rs.10,000/- PROVIDED the petitioner complies with the order within two months from today.  In case of failure to comply with the order within two months, the revision petition would be deemed to have been dismissed and the petitioner would be liable to comply with the orders passed by the fora below. 

          We are passing this order without issuing notice to the respondents to save litigation expenses as well as unnecessary botheration to the respondents, but if any of the respondents is aggrieved by this order, he would be at liberty to file an application for recall of the order.

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          Revision petition stands disposed of in above terms.