Dr. B.C. Gupta, Presiding Member—This revision petition has been filed under section 21(b) of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 against the impugned order dated 19.07.2017, passed by the U.P. State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (hereinafter referred to as ‘the State Commission’) in First Appeal No. 270/2015, “Chet Ram & Ors. vs Adarsh Nagar Pragatisheel Sehkari Awas Samiti Ltd.”, vide which, while allowing the appeal, the order dated 05.12.2009, passed by the District Forum Ghaziabad in consumer complaint No. 1028/1998, filed by Chet Ram respondent No. 1 and 14 other complainants, dismissing all the complaints for lack of jurisdiction, was set aside. The District Forum was directed to decide all the matters in accordance with law, holding that the consumer fora had the jurisdiction to take cognisance of the complaints in question.

2. Briefly stated, the facts of the case are that 15 different complaints were filed before the District Forum by Chet Ram & Ors. (out of these 15 persons, 13 persons filed appeal before the State Commission) against the opposite party (OP) Adarsh Nagar Pragatisheel Sehkari Awas Samiti and its office bearers, alleging deficiency in service