District Consumer Grievances Redressal Forum has ordered authorities of the Gulbarga Mahanagara Palike and the Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Drainage Board to supply water regularly to the complainant.
Well known advocate and former Chairman of the Karnataka State Bar Council S S Kumman had filed a complaint before the Forum requesting it to direct the authorities concerned  to maintain regular water supply to his residence and also to general public. He subsequently filed an interim application seeking supply of water during the pendency of the application. The Forum consisting President Shivanand Katti, members Vishvanath Yekkelli and Gopamma while admitting the interim application directed  the authorities to supply sufficient water regularly to the house of the complainant and also to the needy people of Gulbarga at large.
Kumman in his complaint had made Deputy Commissioner, Chief Executive Officer of the Zilla Panchayat, Nagara Palike Commissioner and Water Board authorities as respondents. The Deputy Commissioner  and the Chief Executive Officer did not appear before the Forum while the Nagara Palike and Water Board authorities were represented by their advocates.
Rejecting the objections filed by the authorities to the interim application the Forum observed that the objections were nothing but an eye wash and maintained it was bounden duty of the opponent parties to supply water every day to the people of Gulbarga, including the complainant.
In the wake of failure of the administration to maintain proper water supply Kumman has asked people to apporach the District Forum collectively to bring the erring authorities to heels.