DIST.CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION, KHURDA, BHUBANESWAR:
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C.D. CASE NO. 261/ 2020
Shivaraj Sahoo, aged about 28 years,
S/o Pratap Kumar Sahoo, At – Gopabandhu Nagar, Jatni,
PS/PS- Jatni, Dist : Khurda.
…. Complainant
-Vrs.-
1. Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Ltd.,
Gateway Building, Apollo Bunder, Mumbai,Maharashtra, Pin Code - 400 001
Through its Managing Director
2. Branch Manager, Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Ltd.,
1st floor, Plot No.511, Rasulgarh, Cuttack-Puri Road,
Beside Punjab National Bank,Mancheswar Industrial Estate,
Bhubaneswar – 751010. …. Opp. Parties
EXTRACT OF THE ORDER Dated -17/05/2023
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Perused the copy of the arbitration award. Shivaraj Sahoo, who is complainant in this case, was the OP in the Arbitration Proceeding. The vehicle bearing registration number OD-02-AZ-5971 is involved in both the proceedings. Arbitration Award was passed on 31/05/2022 and the Complaint was filed before this Commission on 15/12/2020. The proposition of law in this regard is crystal clear that, as and when an award has been passed by the sole arbitrator in respect of the same cause of action, a complaint petition is not maintainable before the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission. In view of the said legal proposition, this Consumer Complaint is not maintainable, as such the case is dismissed.
Sd/-Member (W) Sd/- President
(S.Tripathy) (K.C.Rath)