The prayer in the writ petition reads as follows:

“To issue a writ of prohibition or any other appropriate writ, order or direction, prohibiting the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum at Madras, the second respondent herein from proceeding with O.P. No.1223 of 1993 of the first respondent herein.”

2. The case of the petitioner as seen from the affida- vit filed in support of the above writ petition is briefly stated hereunder: The petitioner is one of the senior members of the Tiruppattur Bar. According to him, the first respondent herein has preferred a complaint in O.P. No.1223 of 1993 before the Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum at Madras, the second respondent herein, under Sec.12 of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986, read with Rule 5 of the Tamil Nadu Consumer Protection Rules, 1988 against the petitioner claiming Rs.4,375.75 and Rs.21,612.35 on the alleged ground that he failed and neglected to discharge his professional duties in filing a suit on behalf of the 1st respondent herein and he has not diligently conducted R.E.P. No.265 of 1991 in O.S. No.4458 of 1985 on the file of District Munsif, Tiruppattur, North Arcot, Ambedhkar District. It is further ave