ORDER

Dr. S.M. Kantikar, Member.—The present Revision Petition has been filed under Section 19 of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 against the Order dated 17.10.2014 passed by the Tamil Nadu State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (hereinafter referred to as the “State Commission”) in F.A. No. 483/2012 wherein the State Commission dismissed the Appeal filed by the Complainant and upheld the Order passed by the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, Theni in C.C. No. 82 of 2010 (hereinafter referred to as the “District Forum”) wherein the Complaint was dismissed.

2. Briefly stated, the facts of the case are that the Complainant S. Manikannan (hereinafter referred to as the ‘patient’) consulted a physician – Dr. Muthuramalingam on 05.06.2007 for stomach pain for which he was advised to take abdomen scan. The abdominal ultrasound (USG) was performed by Dr. T. Pandiaraj, Radiologist (hereinafter referred to as the “Opposite Party No. 1”), who reported it as retro-cecal appendicitis. However, the Physician was not satisfied with the said report, and again advised to repeat the USG with the Opposite Party No. 1. On 07.06.2007, USG scan was repeated and reported as being sugges