JUDGMENT :

OM NARAYAN RAI, J.

1. This application styled as “an application under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India” is directed against an order dated May 10, 2024 passed by the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (hereafter “NCDRC”) thereby dismissing the petitioner’s revision against an order dated December 15, 2022 passed by the State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission.

2. Since this application has been styled as one under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India, a point of maintainability thereof was taken by the learned Advocates appearing for the respondents at the very threshold. It was submitted that a petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India can be entertained only if the same is directed against an authority answering the definition of “State” under Article 12 of the Constitution of India. However, since in the present writ petition only private parties are arrayed as respondents, the same cannot be entertained as a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India.

SUBMISSIONS ON BEHALF OF THE PETITIONERS:-

3. Dr. Saha appearing for the petitioner submitted that in terms of the judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court i