filed consumer
complaint before the Consumer Grievance Redressal
Forum ("CGRF" for short) of the petitioner being Case ... before this Court. This Court vide order
dated 5th March, 2018 directed CGRF to decide the matter
within two weeks. The CGRF thereafter passed
January 2018 passed by the Consumer Grievance Redressal Forum
('CGRF' for short) directing the petitioner to pay interest at the rate ... 03rd April 2017 rejected the claim. Feeling aggrieved the
respondent approached the CGRF. It appears that during the
pendency of the same the petitioner refunded
disconnection in Cr.No.A6/O&M/Mylp-East/CGRF/O&M/223/
1/10
http://www.judis ... said Rajalakshmi had submitted a complaint
before the Consumer Grievance Redressal Forum [CGRF] belonging to the
Electricity Department on the ground that the petitioner
could not have been issued by the Consumer Grievance
Redressal Forum (CGRF for short), since it had no jurisdiction to
consider the aspects mentioned therein ... before this Court effectively; and that
therefore, this Court had directed the CGRF to reconsider the
matter, however, only from the angle whether the premises
passed by the Consumer Grievances Redressal
Forum (hereinafter referred to as, "CGRF") on 23.07.2010 in
Complaint Case ... consumer filed a Complaint Case No. 64 of 2009 before the
CGRF. The respondent herein filed the preliminary objection
against the maintainability of the complaint
February 2018 passed by the Consumer Grievance Redressal Forum
('CGRF' for short ) in Application No.29 of 2017-18.
2. The brief facts ... date
of the application. Feeling aggrieved the first respondent approached
the CGRF. The CGRF by the impugned order has directed the
petitioner to apply
before the Consumer Grievance
Redressal Forum of the petitioner company i.e. CGRF.
The CGRF by majority held that the respondent No.2 had
failed ... specifically recorded by the majority
members of the CGRF that the application for grant of
compensation was not filed within the period of
limitation
case was forwarded to the Consumer Grievance Redressal Forum
(CGRF). However, the complaint is yet to be looked into. It is the
petitioner ... volition
chose not to avail the alternate, efficacious remedy of
approaching the CGRF to seek amelioration of his
grievances, which he would have been well
Thereafter, the respondent No.1 approached the
Consumer Grievance Redressal Forum (CGRF) at Nagpur,
reiterating its grievance. The CGRF also came to the conclusion
that ... Electricity Ombudsman)
Regulations, 2006 (MERC & CGRA Regulations 2006), claiming
that CGRF had committed an error in dismissing its application.
By the impugned order
appeal is available, the petitioner
ought not have approached the CGRF. After the orders of the
CGRF, the petitioner again approached the Ombudsman.
According ... learned Standing Counsel, when statutory
alternate remedy was available, the CGRF and Ombudsman
ought not have entertained the appeals preferred by the
petitioner. The learned
