JUDGMENT

Rajendra Babu, J.-Civil Appeal No.4641 of 1998 arose out of an order made by the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (for short the Commission ) dismissing a petition and also an application for interim relief summarily by an order made on 3.7.1998 on the ground that the appellant should seek his remedy in a civil court.

2. The case that arose for consideration before this Court, in brief, is as follows.

3. The appellant completed his studies leading to Degree of MBBS from Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh in the year 1988. In June 1990 he joined the Nagaland State Medical and Health Service as Assistant Surgeon Grade-1 and thereafter he was selected for admission to MD Pharmacology. However, he was continued in service on the condition that he would join his duties after completing his studies. Later on, he was given admission in Diploma in Opthamalogy in September 1991 and he completed that course in April 1993 and rejoined his service in the Nagaland State as Assistant Surgeon Grade-1 as Junior Specialist. He was deputed to accompany his uncle who was a Minister of Transport and Communication to the respond