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KRISHNAMURTHY B. SANGANNAVAR, DIVYASHREE. M
Assistant Executive Engineer – Appellant
Versus
Panpanna – Respondent
ORDER
Krishnamurthy B. Sangannavar, Presiding Member.—This is an Appeal filed under Section 41 of Consumer Protection Act, 2019 by OPs aggrieved by the Order dated 01.09.2022 passed in Consumer Complaint No.92/2021 on the file of District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Bagalkot (for short, the District Commission).
2. The Parties to this Appeal will be referred to as the rank assigned to them by the District Commission
3. The Commission examined the impugned order, grounds of Appeal, Appeal papers and heard learned counsels. Now the point that arises for consideration of this Commission would be:
Whether impugned order dated 01.09.2022 passed in CC No.92/2021 does call any interference for the grounds set out in the Appeal Memorandum?
4. The brief facts of the case of the Complainant before the DCDRC would be stated as follows:
The complainant is the owner of the land bearing Re-survey No.280/4B(now-R.S No.280/5) to an extent of 3 Acre 19 guntas and this land is irrigated through bore-well with submersible pump set having drip pipelines and in the said land, he had availed electric service from OP to generate his submersible pump set with mono block pump set to the bore-
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