Date of Filing : 21/03/2018                                        Date of Order : 02/04/2018

Sri Asish Kumar Senapati, President

Order No.2, dated 02/04/2018

The Ld. Agent for the Complainant is present.

The case is taken up for hearing on the point of admission.

The Ld. Agent for the Complainant submits that the Complainant hired the services of the Ops on payment of security deposit and service connection charge amounting to Rs.9,318/- on 18.03.15, inspite of that the Ops did not provide services to the Complainant but issued a electric bill claiming Rs.3,055/- for the consumption period from October, 2016 to December, 2017.

Perused the complaint petition and Xerox copy of the documents filed by the Complainant.  It appears from the materials on record that the Complainant applied for electric connection on payment of security deposit and service connection charge for taking electric connection for commercial purpose.  The Complainant has never stated that he hired the services of the Ops exclusively for the purpose of earning his livelihood by means of self employment.  Hiring of service for commercial purpose is excluded from the purview of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986.   Hence, we find that the present case is not maintainable. 

Hence, it is ordered that the Case No. CC/21/2018 is dismissed as it is not maintainable.

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Dictated & corrected by me.