KERALA STATE CONSUMER  DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION  SISUVIHARLANE VAZHUTHACADU THIRUVANANTHAPURAM

IA.NO.398/2018   

IN              

APPEAL   .NO. 198/2018

     (ORDER DATED. 29/05/2018)

(Appeal filed against the order in cc.no. 401/2015, CDRF, Ernakulam )

PRESENT:

HON’BLE  JUSTICE SRI. S.S.SATHEESA CHANDRAN : PRESIDENT

SRI. T.S.P. MOOSATH       : JUDICIAL MEMBER

SRI. RANJIT. R                      : MEMBER

APPELLANTS  :

1. The General Manager, Southern Railway, Trivandrum.
2. The Station Master, Railway Station, Kollam.
3. The Station Manager, Ernakulam North Railway station,
4.  

(By Adv. S. Renganathan )

                                                V/S            

RESPONDENTS:

          1.Unnikrishnan, S.K.  Building, M.G. Nagar,

              Kilikollor Kollam.

          2. Sub Inspector of Police, Shornour.

          3. Sub Inspector of Police, Railway police station.

                                                          ORDER

HON’BLE  JUSTICE SRI. S.S.SATHEESA CHANDRAN : PRESIDENT

          Appeal is directed against  an Order passed by the Consumer Forum, Ernakulam  dismissing the application  of petitioners/ appellants who were some  among  the opposite parties in a  consumer complaint,   for setting aside the  exparte Order passed against them in the complaint.  That application was moved with a petition for condoning delay of 537 days .  When the  application was  posted for enquiry   petitioners remained absent.  The forum below was also not satisfied with the reason stated for condoning delay and hence their petition  was dismissed.  Challenge is against that Order.

          We heard counsel for petitioners/ appellants.   We  notice that the appellants are     public enterprise and   its  officers.  Normally, entertaining   an  appeal challenging  an Order dismissing an   application  for setting aside   exparte Order will only delay the proceedings further.   We find that after dismissing  their  application for setting  aside the   exparte order  the forum below  has disposed the complaint  passing an Order  exparte.  The appellants have  to   prefer    an appeal against the exparte  Order  disposing the complaint   with petition for condoning   delay showing sufficient  cause  thereof, if they are really aggrieved  by the exparte Order passed. 

          Without  prejudice to the right of   petitioners/appellants   to  file  an appeal  against the  exparte Order  disposing  the complaint ,  with petition for condonation  of delay we  dismiss the  application  filed   to condone delay in preferring   the present  appeal.  Appeal is also  rejected .   

                             JUSTICE  S.S.SATHEESA CHANDRAN : PRESIDENT

T.S.P. MOOSATH       : JUDICIAL MEMBER

 RANJIT. R                      : MEMBER

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