A study on working and performance of 17 district consumer disputes redressal forums in state of Andhra Pradesh

This paper attempts to study working and performance of 17 District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forums working in state of Andhra Pradesh. Although overall disposal percentage of cases is satisfactory in case of District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forums of Andhra Pradesh but, if we make one to one analysis of all District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forums of state than we came to know that performance of District Forums of Chittoor-II at Tirupati, East Godawari-II at Rajamundry, Visakhapatnam-II, and Krishna-II at Vijayawada need improvement and A.P. Government must take necessary steps like filling vacant post of four presidents and twenty seven members in District Forums of state and starting of Lok Adalats to ensure quick justice to consumers.