Asha, J.

1. The issue raised in both these Writ Appeals, at the time of hearing, is regarding competence of single Member to decide disputes before the Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission of the State (hereinafter referred to as `State Commission'). Since we are only called upon to decide the legal issue involved with respect to the provisions contained in the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 and the Consumer Protection Rules, 1998 and the Consumer Protection Regulations, 2005 (hereinafter referred to as `the Act', `the Rules' and `the Regulations' respectively for short), we are not referring to the factual background arising in these cases. The appellants herein were respondents in a complaint and in an appeal respectively before the State Commission.

2. The learned Single Judge dismissed the Writ Petition filed by the appellant in W.A.No.488 of 2013 considering the various provisions contained in the Act, Rules and Regulations, and upheld the competence/jurisdiction of single Member to decide the complaints/appeals/proceedings before the State Commission.

3. We have considered W.A.No.25 of 2014 along with W.A.No.488 of 2013 on the basis of the submission made by the