ORDER (ORAL)

V.K. Jain, Presiding Member—The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner, being a poor farmer, is not in a position to pay the costs for restoring the case. Considering the financial condition of the farmer, the said costs are waived.

2. The petitioner/complainant who is a farmer, purchased soya bean seeds from the respondent on 07.07.2011. The case of the complainant/petitioner is that the said seeds were planted in the fields using the requisite scientific methods but the germination was found to be very poor. The petitioner/complainant therefore, made a complaint to the Agricultural Department in this regard on 15.07.2011. The District Seed Grievance Committee visited his field on 19.07.2011 and reported that only 28% germination was found in the field of the complainant. Being aggrieved on account of the loss suffered by him, the complainant approached the concerned District Forum by way of a Consumer Complaint.

3. The complaint was resisted by the respondent which inter-alia stated in its written version that low germination could be due to a number of factors such as weather conditions, moisture in soil, type of land, method of sowing and use