Orissa

Rayagada

CC/35/2021

Sri Satyavadi Sahu - Complainant(s)

Versus

The Divisional forest Officer - Opp.Party(s)

Self

19 Apr 2023

ORDER

DISTRICT CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION RAYAGADA, ODISHA.

Date of Institution: 12.02.2021

     Date of Final Hearing: 29.03.2023

        Date of  Pronouncement: 19.04.2023

 

CONSUMER COMPLAINT NO. 35 / 2021

Sri Satyavadi  Sahu,  S/O: Late Sanatana Sahu,

Forest   Contractor,  Saipriya  Nagar,

Post/Dist: Rayagada. 765 001.

(Through Self for the Complainant)                           …Complainant

 

Versus

1.The Divisional  Forest  Officer,

Rayagada Forest  Division,

Rayagada   And  2 anothers.

(Sri Sana  Jagadish  Kumar, A.G.P  for the   O.Ps).

                                                                                  …Opposite Parties

 

Present:          1. Sri Rajendra Kumar Panda, President.

           2. Sri Satish Kumar Panigrahi, Member.

ORDER

Sri  Rajendra  Kumar  Panda, President.

Brief facts of the case:-

Case in hand is the allegation of  deficiency in service and unfair trade practice by the O.Ps  for  non  refund  of    security deposit  amount  out of contract work  executed by the  complainant   in Forest  Department which  the complainant sought  redressal.

The  O.Ps are appeared before this  commission through  A.G.P. and filed  written version.  The O.Ps in their written version  vehemently contended that  the  complainant  is a service provider  and  can not claim he is a consumer  under the  C.P. Act.

In the present case in hand as per the complainant’s own averments  and  allegations, it is manifest that  the complainant has availed the services  of   the O.Ps  can not be regarded as “Consumer” falling within the scope of the  C.P. Act and,   therefore, the complainant  do not fall  within the definition of consumer, therefore  not entitled  to invoke the  jurisdiction  of this  commission  for the redressal  of their  grievance. 

On perusal of the  complaint petition this  Commission  observed  that the matters relating to the forest  department contract   work executed by the  complainant  will not comes under the purview of the C.P. Act, 2019.  This commission  has lack of jurisdiction to entertain the dispute relating to  the contract work executed by the complainant  and adjudicate  the same under the provisions  of the C.P. Act, 2019.  The case is not maintainable in view of the above discussion.

The grievance of the complainant for refund  of  security  deposit   is not a  service  which  can be allowed  by a Consumer Commission and therefore, the proceeding   before this  District Commission  was not maintainable  and  can be raised  before the appropriate court of law and not before this commission. We  do not  think  proper to go  into merit of this case.

Hence, the claim of the   complainant can not be accepted under the provisions of the C.P. Act. It is open to  complainant   ordinary remedy to approach the court of competent  having  its jurisdiction.

The period  spent before the Consumer Commission  could be excluded, while calculating  the period of limitation, as  contemplated Under  Section -14 of the Limitation Act, 1963.

Miscellaneous  order if any  delivered by this  commission  relating to this case  stands vacated. 

Pronounced in the open court of this Commission today on this 19^th. Day of  April, 2023 under the  seal  & signature of  this Commission.

Dictated and corrected  by me.

I agree

MEMBER                                                                 PRESIDENT

 A copy of this order be provided to all the parties at  free of cost as mandated by the Consumer Protection Act,  2019 or they may download same from the confonet.nic.in to treat the same as if copy of order received from this Commission.

The judgment be uploaded forthwith on the website of the Commission for the perusal of the parties.

File be consigned to the record room along with a copy of this Judgment.

 (S. K. PANIGRAHI)                                                        (R. K. PANDA)

MEMBER                                                                 PRESIDENT

 

PRONOUNCED ON 19.04.2023