ORDER

P.N. Kashalkar, Presiding Judicial Member - This is an appeal filed by the Org. complainant whose complaint has been dismissed by the Forum below by its judgment dated 9.4.2008 passed in Consumer Complaint No. 327/2006.

2. Facts to the extent material may be stated as under.

3. The complainant had filed consumer complaint against O.P. No. 1 owner of Sheti Udyog Bhandar, Saswad, Taluka-Purandar, District-Pune (Dealer) and Sardar Seeds Company/O.P. No. 2 alleging deficiency in service and for the defective seeds supplied by them.

4. The case of the complainant in short is that he had purchased seeds Pumpkin from O.P. No. 1 on 8.5.2006 which was produced by Sardar Seeds Company/O.P. No. 2. After purchase of seed, he had sowed the seed in Gut No. 56 and Gut No. 45. He had used requisite fertilizers as required. He had also sprayed insecticides too. When the fruits came, he found that some pumpkins were small in size and some were larger in size and fruits were to the extent of 30% to 40% but germination was 100%. The growth of Pumpkin was sub-standard. Hence, he made complaint to Agricultural Officer, Panchayat Samiti, Saswad and also to the Zilla Parishad, Pune. The Agricultural Off