ORDER

1 By an order dated 14 January 2016, this Court while dealing with the paucity of infrastructure in the consumer fora, constituted a three Member Committee consisting of :

1. Dr Justice Arijit Pasayat, Former Judge, Supreme Court of India.

2. Ms Justice Rekha Sharma, Former Judge, High Court of Delhi.

3. The Secretary to Government of India, Department of Consumer Affairs or his nominee.

2 The Committee was requested to examine the following aspects :

(1) The infrastructural requirements of the respective State Commissions in terms of office space for the Presiding Officer, members and supporting staff and whether the same has been provided for. In case the requirement is not satisfied, what is the extent of deficiency and possible ways and means of removing the same.

(2) The vacancy position of President/Members/Presiding Officers in the National Commission, State Commissions and the District Fora and the steps that need to be taken for ensuring that vacancies are filled-up on a timely basis.

(3) Need for additional benches of the National Commission, State Commissions and the District Fora in the States or in any one of them having regard to 11 the workload and the difficu