None appears today. The complainant has not filed any show-cause, as such the case is taken up for disposal on merits.

It transpires that the complainant is seeking relief against an Educational Institution under the provisions of the Consumer Protection Act. But it is found that the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Civil Appeal Diary Nos. 12901/22 (Arising out the impugned Final Judgement an Order dt. 20.01.2020 in C.C. No. 261/2012 passed by the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, New Delhi), on 15.10.2020, had admitted the appeal to decide whether an Educational Institution or University would be subject to the provisions of Consumer Protection Act, 1986.

In view of the above position, judicial propriety demands that no order conflicting with the order of the Hon’ble Supreme Court, be passed.

Under the circumstance, let the petition of complaint be returned to the complainant along with Annexures and other documents filed by the complainant, with the liberty to re-file the same, as and when the Hon’ble Supreme Court decides the above appeal subjecting the Educational Institution or University, to the provisions of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986.