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Date: 2018-04-05 Category: Extra Ordinary State: Union Government Country: India

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 30 A of the Consumer Protection Act

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Executive Summary: This notification outlines regulations for the administrative control over State Commissions and District Forums under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986. It details procedures for inspection, handling complaints against members, and mandates timely processing and uploading of orders and pending matters. These regulations came into force on the date of publication in the Official Gazette, with specific timelines for inspections and uploading information. Key Points / Main Content: * **General:** * These regulations are called the Consumer Protection Administrative Control Over the State Commission and the District Forum Regulations, 2018. * They are enacted under Section 30A and 24B of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986. * The regulations came into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. * **Work Observance:** * State Commissions and District Forums must list sufficient matters daily to ensure work continues until the end of hearing hours, as per Regulation 5 of the Consumer Protection Regulations, 2005. * **Inspection Procedures:** * The National Commission must inspect each State Commission at least once per calendar year. * The State Commission must inspect each District Forum under its administrative control at least once per calendar year. * Inspection reports must be submitted within fifteen days of the inspection. * The President of the National Commission or State Commission may issue administrative directions to improve functioning without interfering with quasi-judicial freedom. * The State Commission and the District Forum must expeditiously comply with the issued directions. * A copy of the directions issued to the District Forum should be forwarded to the National Commission. * **Handling Complaints and Recommendations:** * The President of the National Commission may recommend administrative action to the State Government against a President or Member of a State Commission based on a complaint. * The President of a State Commission may recommend administrative action to the State Government against a President or Member of a District Forum based on a complaint, with a copy of the recommendation sent to the National Commission. * **Complaint Admission and Order Uploading:** * Complaints must be heard within fourteen days of registration. * Complaints must be admitted or rejected within twenty-one days of registration. * Reasons for delays in admission or rejection must be recorded. * Final orders must be uploaded to the respective websites within seven days of pronouncement. * Particulars of pending matters where arguments have been heard but orders are not pronounced for over forty-five days must be uploaded by the 7th of each month. Impact Analysis: * **National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission:** * *Impact:* Responsible for inspecting State Commissions, issuing administrative directions, and potentially recommending action against State Commission presidents or members. * *Action Required:* Conduct inspections of State Commissions annually, review inspection reports, issue directions as needed, and handle complaints against State Commission members. * **State Commissions:** * *Impact:* Subject to inspection by the National Commission, must comply with administrative directions, inspect District Forums, and may face recommendations for administrative action against their members. Responsible for listing sufficient matters daily. * *Action Required:* Comply with directions from the National Commission, inspect District Forums annually, address complaints against members, and ensure timely processing of complaints and uploading of orders and pending matters. * **District Forums:** * *Impact:* Subject to inspection by State Commissions and must comply with administrative directions. Responsible for listing sufficient matters daily. * *Action Required:* Comply with directions from State Commissions and ensure timely processing of complaints and uploading of orders and pending matters. * **State Governments:** * *Impact:* May receive recommendations for administrative action against presidents or members of State Commissions and District Forums. * *Action Required:* Review and act on recommendations from the National Commission and State Commissions regarding administrative actions against presidents or members.

Key Entities Referenced

Consumer Protection Act, 1986: An act of the Indian Parliament enacted in 1986 to protect the interests of consumers in India. National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission: A quasi-judicial commission in India which was set up in 1988 under the Consumer Protection Act of 1986. It is headed by a sitting or retired Judge of the Supreme Court. Central Government: The executive authority of the Union of India. Consumer Protection Rules, 1987: Rules pertaining to the Consumer Protection Act. State Commission: Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission at state level District Forum: Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum at district level Consumer Protection Administrative Control Over the State Commission and the District Forum Regulations, 2018: Regulations concerning administrative control over State Commissions and District Forums. New Delhi: The location where the notification was issued.
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Short title and commencement. — (1) These regulations may be called the Consumer Protection (Administrative Control Over the State Commission and the District Forum) Regulations, 2018. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. Definitions. - In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, — (i) "Act" means the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 (68 of 1986); (ii) “Rules” mean the Consumer Protection Rules, 1987; (iii) words and expressions used in these Regulations and not defined herein but defined either in the Act or in the Rules shall have the same meaning respectively assigned to them either in the Act or in the Rules, as the case may be. 3. Observance of work. – (1) The State Commission and the District Forum shall list sufficient matters on each working day, to ensure that the work does not finish before the close of the hearing hours as prescribed in Regulation 5 of the Consumer Protection Regulations, 2005. 4. Inspection of State Commission. — (1) The President or a Member of the National Commission duly authorised by him shall inspect each State Commission at least once in a calendar year and prepare a report of such inspection and submit the same to the National Commission within fifteen days of such inspection. (2) On receipt of the inspection report, the President of the National Commission may issue such administrative directions to the State Commission, as may be deemed appropriate by him, to improve the functioning of the State Commission and to achieve the objects and purposes of the Act, without interfering with its quasi-judicial freedom. (3) The State Commission shall expeditiously comply with the directions issued under sub-regulation (2). 5. Inspection of the District Forum. — (1) The President or a Member of the State Commission duly authorised by him shall inspect each District Forum under its administrative control, at least once in a calendar year and prepare a report of such an inspection and submit the same to the State Commission within fifteen days of such inspection. (2) On receipt of the inspection report, the President of the State Commission may issue such administrative direction to the District Forum, as may be deemed appropriate by him to improve the functioning of the District Forum and to achieve the objects and purposes of the Act without interfering with its quasi-judicial freedom. (3) The District Forum shall expeditiously comply with the directions issued under sub-regulation (2) . (4) A copy of the directions issued by the President of the State Commission under sub-regulation (2) shall also be forwarded to the President of the National Commission. 6. Recommendation to State Government for Administrative Action.—(1) The President of the National Commission, may, on receipt of a complaint against the President or a Member of a State Commission, after making such inquiry, if any, as he may deem appropriate, recommend to the concerned State Government for taking suitable administrative action against such President or member, as the case may be. (2) The President of a State Commission, may, on receipt of a complaint against the President or a Member of the District Forum, after making such inquiry, if any, as he may deem appropriate, recommend to the concerned State Government for taking suitable administrative action against such President or member, as the case may be, and a copy of such recommendation shall also be forwarded to the National Commission.4 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)] 7. Admission of a Complaint - Within fourteen days of the registration of a complaint, it shall be heard by the State Commission or the District Forum, as the case may be, and within twenty-one days of such registration, shall either be admitted or rejected by such State Commission or District Forum and if the complaint cannot be admitted or rejected within twenty-one days of its registration, the State Commission or the District Forum, as the case may be, shall record reasons for such delay. 8. Uploading of orders - The State Commission and the District Forum shall upload final orders pronounced by them, on their respective websites, within seven days of the pronouncement of such order. 9. Uploading of pending matters - The State Commission and the District Forum shall upload, on their respective websites by the 7th day of each month, the particulars of the pending matters, in which arguments have been heard, but the order has not been pronounced for more than forty-five days. [F. No. A-105/NCDRC/2018] AJAY KUMAR KUHAR, Registrar Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.

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