ORDER

1. Complainant has filed the joint complaint against the opposite party alleging deficiency in service on the part of the opposite party in respect of contract work given to the opposite party for construction at the factory premises site of the complainant. It is not necessary to enumerate the facts in detail facts because we are concerned with the issue of maintainability.

2. Section 2(1)(d) of the Act defines the term 'consumer' as under:

2(1)(d) "Consumer" means any person who-

(i) buys any goods for a consideration which has been paid or promised or partly paid and partly promised, or under any system of deferrded payment and includes any user of such goods other than the person who buys such goods for consideration paid or promised or partly paid or partly promised, or under any system of deferred payment, when such use is made with the approval of such person, but does not include a person who obtains such goods for resale or for any commercial purpose; or

(ii) [hires or avails of] any services for a consideration which has been paid or promised or partly paid and partly promised, or under any system of deferred payment and includes any beneficiary of such services othe