Lok Sabha Question No. 2614 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-07
Subject: Vacant Posts in Consumer Courts
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Adv Dean Kuriakose

## Government of India

## Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Department of Consumer Affairs

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2614

TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.08.2024

## VACANT POSTS IN CONSUMER COURTS

## 2614.  ADV DEAN KURIAKOSE:

## Will  the  Minister  of CONSUMER AFFAIRS,  FOOD  AND  PUBLIC  DISTRIBUTION miHkksDrk ekeys] [kk| vkSj lkoZtfud forj.k ea=h be pleased to state:

- (a) the State-wise details of number of consumer courts in the country;
- (b) the number of vacancies in each court and the time since when these are lying vacant; and
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to fill up all the vacant posts in the consumer courts all over the country?

## ANSWER

## miHkksDrk ekeys] [kk| vkSj lkoZtfud forj.k jkT; ea=h (श्री बी.एल. वर्मा )

## THE MINISTER OF STATE CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SHRI B.L.VERMA)

- (a) & (b) :  State-wise details of Consumer Commissions in the Country can be accessed on the Home page of National Consumer  Disputes  Redressal  Commission  website  http://ncdrc.nic.in/.  State-wise  details of vacancies in consumer commissions are at Annexure.
- (c) :    Under  the  provisions  of  the  Consumer  Protection  Act,  2019,  it  is  the  responsibility  of  the  State Governments  to  fill  up  the  vacancies  of  President  and  Members  in  the  State  Commissions  and  District Commissions.  The  Central  Government  has  been  continuously  taking  up  with  the  State  Governments/UT Administrations for expeditious filling up of the existing and anticipated vacancies of President and Members of the Consumer Commissions.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2614 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.08.2024 REGARDING VACANT POSTS IN CONSUMER COURTS.

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## State-wise vacancy position in Consumer Commissions

| S. No.   | State                   | State Commission   | State Commission   | District Commission   | District Commission   |
|----------|-------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
| S. No.   | State                   | President          | Member             | President             | Member                |
| 1        | A&N Island (UT)         | 1                  | 0                  | 0                     | 2                     |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh          | 1                  | 1                  | 0                     | 1                     |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh       | 1                  | 1                  | 0                     | 42                    |
| 4        | Assam                   | 0                  | 1                  | 3                     | 4                     |
| 5        | Bihar                   | 0                  | 0                  | 13                    | 38                    |
| 6        | Chandigarh (UT)         | 0                  | 1                  | 0                     | 1                     |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh            | 0                  | 3                  | 7                     | 11                    |
| 8        | D&N Haveli and D&D (UT) | 1                  | 0                  | 0                     | 1                     |
| 9        | Delhi (UT)              | 0                  | 1                  | 1                     | 3                     |
| 10       | Goa                     | 1                  | 2                  | 0                     | 0                     |
| 11       | Gujarat                 | 1                  | 3                  | 21                    | 46                    |
| 12       | J&K (UT)                | 1                  | 2                  | 6                     | 9                     |
| 13       | Kerala                  | 1                  | 2                  | 5                     | 8                     |
| 14       | Ladakh (UT)             | 1                  | 4                  | 2                     | 3                     |
| 15       | Lakshadweep (UT)        | 0                  | 0                  | 0                     | 0                     |
| 16       | Haryana                 | 0                  | 0                  | 2                     | 5                     |
| 17       | Himachal Pradesh        | 0                  | 1                  | 0                     | 8                     |
| 18       | Jharkhand               | 1                  | 3                  | 6                     | 9                     |
| 19       | Karnataka               | 1                  | 6                  | 7                     | 10                    |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh          | 1                  | 1                  | 4                     | 31                    |
| 21       | Maharashtra             | 0                  | 1                  | 4                     | 7                     |
| 22       | Manipur                 | 1                  | 0                  | 0                     | 6                     |
| 23       | Meghalaya               | 0                  | 3                  | 0                     | 1                     |
| 24       | Mizoram                 | 1                  | 0                  | 0                     | 4                     |
| 25       | Nagaland                | 0                  | 1                  | 0                     | 10                    |
| 26       | Odisha                  | 1                  | 0                  | 16                    | 44                    |
| 27       | Puducherry (UT)         | 1                  | 2                  | 0                     | 0                     |
| 28       | Punjab                  | 0                  | 1                  | 6                     | 10                    |
| 29       | Rajasthan               | 0                  | 1                  | 8                     | 25                    |
| 30       | Sikkim                  | 1                  | 2                  | 0                     | 3                     |
| 31       | Tamilnadu               | 0                  | 1                  | 2                     | 15                    |
| 32       | Telangana               | 1                  | 0                  | 2                     | 2                     |
| 33       | Tripura                 | 0                  | 0                  | 0                     | 0                     |
| 34       | Uttarakhand             | 1                  | 2                  | 12                    | 6                     |
| 35       | Uttar Pradesh           | 0                  | 0                  | 13                    | 19                    |
| Total    | Total                   | 19                 | 46                 | 140                   | 384                   |