ORDER

1.      Heard Mr. Siddharth Srivastava, Advocate, for the petitioner and Ms. Shobha Gupta, Advocate, for the respondents. 

2.      Above revision has been filed against the order of Rajasthan State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Circuit Bench Kota, dated 28.10.2021, passed in First Appeal No.88 of 2021 (arising from the order of District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, Kota, dated 31.03.2021 passed in CC/198/2016), whereby District Forum dismissed the complaint and State Commission dismissed the appeal.

3.      Alok Gupta (the petitioner) filed CC/198/2016 for directing the respondents to pay (i) pension and gratuity, as per Service Rules; (ii) compounding interest @18% per annum, on the arrears of pension and gratuity; (iii) Rs.10000/- as litigation costs; and (iv) any other relief, which is deemed fit and proper in the fact of the case. The complainant stated that Rajasthan State Electricity Board now Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Prasaran Nigam (for short the Nigam) was a statutory corporation. The complainant was posted as “Junior Engineer First (Mechanical) on 14.02.1990 at Rajasthan State Electricity Division, Kota and remained there till his promotion on 24.01.2004.