JUDGMENT/ORDER

A.S. CHANDURKAR, J. - RULE. Rule made returnable forthwith and the learned counsel for the parties have been heard at length.

2. These writ petitions filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seek to raise a challenge to Rule 6(1) and Rule 10(2) of the Consumer Protection (Qualification for Appointment, method of recruitment, procedure for appointment, term of office, resignation and removal of the President and members of the State Commission and District Commission) Rules, 2020 (for short, 'the Rules of 2020'). A declaration has also been sought that the petitioners who were the members at various District Commissions are eligible for re-appointment to the post of member of the District Commission under Rule 10(2) of the Rules of 2020.

3. Writ Petition No. 3680 of 2023 has been preferred by Dr.Mahendra Bhaskar Limaye, a practising Advocate, who had earlier filed Writ Petition No.1096 of 2021 wherein challenge was raised to Rule 3(2)(d), Rule 4(2) (c) and Rule 6(9) of the Rules of 2020 that came to be quashed by the judgment dtd. 14/9/2021 in Vijaykumar Bhima Dighe Versus Union of India & Others [Public Interest Litigation No.11 of 2021 alongwith Writ Peti