The present Revision Petition has been filed by the Principal, LDRP Institute of Technology and Research, Gandhinagar, Gujarat (hereinafter referred to as the Petitioner Institute), the Opposite Party in the Complaint, against the Order dated 01.07.2019, passed by the Gujarat State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission at Ahmedabad (hereinafter referred to as the State Commission) in Civil Misc. Application No. 240 of 2019, by which the State Commission has refused to condone the delay of 63 days in filing the Appeal, preferred by the Petitioner Institute. The Appeal had been filed against the Order dated 11.12.2018, passed by the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Gandhinagar (hereinafter referred to as the District Commission) in Consumer Complaint No. 80 of 2018, whereby the District Commission had partly allowed the Complaint, filed by the Complainant/Respondent herein, and directed the Opposite Party, the Petitioner herein, to pay Rs.20,000/- with interest @ 9% from the date of deposit of fee within 30 days as also Rs.2,500/- as compensation for harassment suffered.

The facts in brief are that in the Gujarat Common Entrance Test (GUJCET) 2017, the Complainan