Mr. Justice L. Manoharan, President—The revision is directed against the order dated 19.5.2000 in O.P. 433/1999 on the file of the Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, Thiruvananthapuram. Opposite parties in the said O.P. are the revision petitioners. Respondents filed the said O.P. alleging manufacturing defect and for redressal for the same. Revision petitioners/opposite parties raised a preliminary point maintaining that the complaint is not maintainable. The case was that this complaint was filed without complying with the order on O.P. 140/1999 filed by the respondent and hence the present complaint, O.P. 433/1999 is not maintainable. The precise point raised by them was that the application by the complainant for withdrawal of the complaint was allowed on condition to pay Rs. 300/- as costs; and since O.P. 433/1999 was filed without payment of the said costs, the complaint is not maintainable. By the impugned order the District Forum over-ruled the said objection and held the complaint is maintainable. It is against the said order that this revision is filed.

2. It is urged by the learned Counsel that the view taken by the District Forum that the complaint is maintainable c