S.K.M. Lodha, President ––– The complainant before the District Forum, Jodhpur has filed this appeal under Section 15 of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 (“the Act” herein) against the order dated 16.3.1990 passed by the District Forum, Jodhpur in Complaint Case No. 71/89. The District Forum by the impugned order directed that the complaint be returned to the complainant for presenting it before a competent Commission, as the District Forum has no pecuniary jurisdiction to here it. The complainant is a registered Voluntary Association, of Consumers of Jodhpur D. strict. It has filed the complaintas the Consumer Voluntary Association of Consumers. The complaint was filed against : (1) P.H.E.D., Jodhpur (2) Municipal Council, Jodhpur; (3) Chief Medical & Health Officer, Jodhpur; (4) Principal, Medical College, Jodhpur; (5) Urban Improvement Trust, Jodhpur and (6) Collector, Jodhpur.

During the last four months of 1988 vital hepatitis (Jaundice) broke out in Jodhpur City as a virulent explosive epidemic and thousands of citizens suffered from it. The cause of the outbreake of this epidemic was faecal contamination of drinking water, pipes. It was submitted that the opposite parti