Date of Filing 07. 10.2023 :

Date of Disposal :04. 72.2025 BEFORE THE KARNATAKA STATE ^CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COM MISSION, (PRTNCTPAL BENCH)

DATED THI THE O4TH DAY OF DEC MBER 2025 PRESEN T HON,BLE MT ]USTICE T G SHIVASHANKARE GOWDA:

PRESIDENT HON,BLE MTS DIVYASHREE M: LADY ^MEMBER sc/29/ AlLaag/2023 Mr K. Prasanna Kumar, The Executive Engineer, MESCOM pi-576101 Appellant Udu (By Mrs Rakshitha D J, Advocate)

-Versus-

Mr H Ragavendra Shetty, Aged about 44Years, S/o Mr Manjaiah Shetty, R/at. Near PWD Office, Kitturu Chennamma Road, Ajjarakadu, Udupi District, pi-576101 Respondent

Ud u

(By Mr K Prasanna Shetty, Advocate)

: ORAL ORDER:

PER: Mr JUSTICE T G SHMSHANKARE GOWDA:

PRESIDENT This Appeal is filed U/S 4l of the ^Consumer Protection Act 2019, by the Complainant challenging ^the Order dated 31.05.2023 ^passed in Consumer ^Complaint No.52/2023 by the District Consumer Disputes ^Redressal Commission, Udupi(in short, the ^{District Commission)'}

2. Appellant was the Opposite Party ^{(in short OP) and} Respondent was ^the Complainant ^{before the}, District Commission. Commission. For ^the sake ^of convenience, ^{the rank of the} parties shall be referred to as per their status before ^the

3. The brief facts of th