JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying for the issuance of a Writ of Mandamus, forbearing the respondents to grant any relief in favour of any consumers against the petitioner's Department in Tirunelveli Division, in the Consumer Petition before them respectively.)

1. This Writ Petition is filed for Writ of Mandamus, forbearing the respondents to grant any relief in favour of any consumers against the petitioner's Department in Tirunelveli Division, in the Consumer Petition before them respectively.

2. The petitioner is the Joint Commissioner of State Tax, Commercial Taxes Department. The said department is one of the administrations for the State Revenue consolidation, which is constituted by the Sovereign of State. The contention of the petitioner is that some consumers have filed cases before the second respondent Consumer Forum citing the officials working in the Tirunelveli Commercial Taxes Division as opposite parties. As on date, more than 115 cases were filed and pending before the second respondent. The further contention of the petitioner is that the department does not do any service within the meaning of Consumer Protection