Per Shri P.N. Kashalkar – Hon’ble Presiding Judicial Member:

     The Revision Petition is directed against the order passed by the South Mumbai District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum in Consumer Complaint No.321/2011 dated 7^th February, 2012, whereby in the said order on being satisfied that the Opponent was duly served with the notice sent by the Forum and on finding that on that day the Opponent had neither attended the Forum nor filed written version in spite of notice issued to them, the Forum was pleased to proceed ex-parte against them and matter was adjourned to 04.04.2012 for further proceeding.  It is against this order that this Revision Petition has been filed.

     We are finding that the impugned order passed by the District Forum is perfectly legal and correct.   This was the only course open to the District Forum to proceed ex-parte on finding that Opponent though served had not come to contest the matter.  The jurisdiction of this Commission is very limited.  We have to simply examine whether the lower Court has exercised its jurisdiction vested in it or in passing order there is any material irregularity or there was impropriety of any kind involved in passing the order.  We do not find any such irregularly or impropriety in passing the order and thus, the impugned order passed by the District Forum is perfectly correct and we find no substance in the Revision petition,.  As such we  pass the following order:

O  R  D  E  R

    (i)            Revision Petition is summarily rejected. 

  (ii)            No order as to costs.

(iii)            Inform the parties accordingly. 

Pronounced on 12^th June, 2012.