Delhi

West Delhi

CC/13/589

MONIKA GARG - Complainant(s)

Versus

VANDANA MODEL SCHOOL - Opp.Party(s)

07 Nov 2022

ORDER

 

BEFORE THE DISTRICT CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION-III,

WEST DISTRICT, C-150-151, COMMUNITY CENTRE, JANAKPURI,

NEW DELHI

 

CC 589/2013

Monika Garg

D/o Sohan Lal Garg

C-1/24, Sanjay Enclave, Uttam Nagar,

New Delhi-110059

                                                                                                                                                            ……..Complainant

VERSUS

1.Vandana Model School

Mr. Pramod Goswami

Off. 318, Navyug Block, Vishnu Garden

New Delhi-110018

 

2.Mr. Anupam Goswami

318, Navyug Block, Vishnu Garden,

New Delhi-110018

 

3.Surbhi ETT Institute

Chak Dhrab Khan Kathua, Jammu

                                                                .........Opposite Parties

 

CORAM:

Ms. Sonica Mehrotra, President

Ms. Richa Jindal, Member

Mr. Anil Kumar Koushal, Member

                                                                                                                                                                                07.11.2022

Present: Mr. Sohan Lal, AR of  complainant

                                               

               

                The case of the complainant is that she had approached OP.1 for getting admission in the J.B.T. examination being conducted by the said OP.  The Principal  of said OP/OP.2 herein had taken Rs.30,000/- on 29.07.2011 for the said course.  But after taking the fees, OP.2 kept on promising  on one pretext or the other that the needful shall be done but nothing has been done till date.  Because of the false assurances of OP.2, the future of the  complainant has been jeopardized. She could not take

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admission in the JBT Course.AR of the complainant prayed for grant of the relief  sought in the complaint.

        We may here note that the present case relates to educational institutions, which are not covered under the Consumer  Protection Act.  The Hon’ble SCDRC, Gujarat  in the case of V J Modi School vs Bhumika P Patel, (Appeal No. 2018/224), decided on 8 October, 2021, while relying on the verdicts of Hon’ble  Supreme Court in the cases of Anupama College of Engineering v. Gulshan Kumar, CIVIL APPEAL NO. 17802 of 2017(Special Leave to Appeal (C) No(s). 17679/2017), decided on 30.10.2017  andManu Solanki and Ors. v Vinayaka Mission University I (2020) CPJ 210 (NC), held as under:

“Considering the ratio laid down in the above referred judgments that the education is not a commodity and service imparting education institution cannot be held to be service provider and student cannot be said to be a consumer, therefore, consumer court has no jurisdiction to dealt with the matter pertaining to the deficiency of service in education”.

Keeping in view the aforesaid pronouncement of higher legal authorities, we find no ground to interfere.  Accordingly, the complaint is dismissed.  However,  the complainant shall be at liberty to approach the   Civil Courts for appropriate remedy if so advised,  for which purpose the said Courts shall be considerate enough in condoning the limitation. 

 

 

 (Richa Jindal)                                     (Anil Kumar Koushal)                                    (Sonica Mehrotra)

    Member                                                      Member                                                        President