1 wp-6226-10 pdp IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 6226 OF 2010 Karveer Nagari Sahakari Pat Sanstha Mydt. And ors. .. Petitioners Vs. The State of Maharashtra and ors. .. Respondents Mr. Amit B. Borkar for petitioners. Mrs.M.P. Thakur, AGP for State. CORAM: B. H. MARLAPALLE & U. D. SALVI, JJ. NOVEMBER 22, 2010. P.C. This petition raises challenge to the constitutional validity of Section 15 of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 and for a further declaration that the District Consumer Dispute Redressal Forum does not have jurisdiction to entertain complaints filed under the said Act against the managing committee members of a co-operative society registered under the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960. 2 wp-6226-10 So far as the first issue is concerned, this court has already decided the same and rejected the challenge to the constitutional validity of Section 15 of the Act in Writ Petition No. 1714 of 2009. For the second relief, the appropriate forum for the petitioners would be the State Consumer Dispute Redressel Forum by way of an appeal, as the order passed by the Kolhapur District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum is an appealable order and the State Forum, in our opinion, is empowered to decide all issues, including the issue of jurisdiction. Hence, the petition is rejected with liberty to the petitioners to approach the Lower Appellate Forum. (U.D. SALVI, J.) (B. H. MARLAPALLE, J.)