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MANOJIT MANDAL
Asstt. Provident Fund Commissioner – Appellant
Versus
Sujata Sadhu – Respondent
ORDER
Manojit Mandal, President—This appeal has been filed by the appellants/opposite parties against the respondent/complainant challenging the impugned order dated 14.12.2022 passed by the Learned District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, North 24 Parganas at Barasat (in short, ‘the District Commission’) in connection with consumer case No. CC/258/2018 whereby the Learned District Commission allowed the complaint case filed by the respondent/complainant.
2. The respondent/complainant instituted the said complaint case being No. CC/258/2018 against the appellants/opposite parties praying for the following reliefs:—
“(i) Give a direction upon the opposite parties for consideration of letter dated 14/08/2017 by the complainant and to pay a sum of Rs.70,864/- (Rupees Seventy Thousand Eight Hundred Sixty Four only) as per details given below:—
A. In respect of PPO No. WB/TLO/24445 @ Rs.1000/- pm from August ‘17 to April ‘18 i.e. 9 months Rs.10009 = Rs.9000/-
B. In respect of PPO No. WB/TLO/38051 @ Rs.814/- pm from January ‘12 to April ‘18 i.e. 76 months. Rs.81476 = Rs.61864/
Total of A & B = Rs.9000 + Rs.61864 = Rs.70864/-
(ii) Give a direction upon the opposite parti
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Jurisdictional error - Revisional Jurisdiction of National Commission under section 21(b) of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 is extremely limited and this Commission cannot set aside the Order pass....
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Letter dt. 07.09.2015 issued from Controller of Defence Accounts Office not an order of competent authority for recovery from pension of the Respondent,
Excess deductions from pension without proper authority are unauthorized and violate consumer protection principles.
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