THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN Writ Petition No. 8785 of 2000 Order: Against the order of the District Consumer Forum, Warangal, in C.D. No. 186 of 1996 dated 17.12.1999, the present writ petition is filed. The case of the petitioner, in brief, is that the District Consumer Forum, Warangal, had no jurisdiction to direct refund of the share capital amount of Rs.6,500/- to the ﬁrst respondent together with interest at 15% per annum, that they had ﬁled an appeal before the A.P. State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission at Hyderabad, which was registered as S.R. No. 947 of 2000 on 04.04.2000 along with the stay petition and that the petition could not come up for hearing as the post of Chairman and another member was vacant. It is stated that, in the meanwhile, the ﬁrst respondent had filed E.P. No. 19 of 2000 in C.D. No. 186 of 1996 for enforcement of the order under Section 27 of the Consumer Protection Act, which necessitated the petitioner to invoke jurisdiction of this Court. Whatever may have been the situation when the petitioners preferred an appeal on 04.04.2000, the vacancy in the oﬃce of the Chairman was ﬁlled up soon thereafter and three Chairmen have held oﬃce thereafter. Since the learned Government Pleader expresses ignorance as to what transpired before the A.P. State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission or with regard to the outcome of the appeal, suﬃce to hold that, since the petitioner has already availed the remedy of an appeal before the A.P. State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission and, as the only ground for simultaneously invoking the jurisdiction of this Court, is the vacancy in the oﬃce of the Chairman and another member, which no longer exists, I see no reason to adjudicate the writ petition on merits. Leaving it open to the petitioner to pursue their remedy before the A.P. State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, in case the matter is still pending the writ petition fails and is, accordingly, dismissed. However, in the circumstances, without costs. __________________________ RAMESH RANGANATHAN, J. Date: 05.11.2008 Nsr