Sri S.K.Sahoo,President.
The complainant has filed the present complaint under U/s. 12 of C.P.Act,1986.
2. Briefly stated the case of the complainant is that she has purchased a 2nd hand vehicle bearing Regd. No. OR 19F 1613 by availing finance from the opp.parties to earn her livelihood. After receiving all the required documents from the complainant, the opp.parties sanctioned an amount of Rs.5,50,000.00 in favour of the complainant for purchase of the old vehicle on 07.11.2012. On the date of disbursement of the loan amount the opp.parties have not supplied the copy of the loan agreement, loan sanctioned letter, form or money receipts charged for the documents etc. to the complainant. Annexure-1 is the photo copy of the registration certificate of the vehicle purchased by the complainant. The loan amount was Rs.5,50,000.00, finance charge of Rs.2,16,972.00 ( interest) which was 1st due from 20.12.2012 to 20.12.2015 through EMIs, Annexure-2 is the photo copy of the summary of loan and statement of account. The complainant has to pay Rs.7,66,972.00 in 37 numbers of monthly EMIs. The 1st Emi was fixed at Rs.24,904.00 and from 2nd EMI to 36 numbers, it was fixed at Rs.20,613.00 as per the repayment schedule .Annexure- 3 is the photo copy of the repayment schedule. The complainant paid an amount of Rs.2,80,800.00 by 30 numbers of EMIs till December, 2013. Due to strike in iron and coal mines sector and non-receipt of the bills from the transporters the complainant could not able to repay the further EMIs from the month of January,2014. So complainant against approached the opp.party to refinance the said vehicle again to adjust the arrear EMIs along with total balance loan amount pending for repayment. The opp.parties accepted the request made by the complainant and accordingly on 22.05.2014 an amount of Rs.5,10,000.00 was sanctioned in favour of the complainant. The opp.parties again calculated the interest as Rs.2,24,196.00 and the total amount to be repaid by the complainant was Rs.7,34,196.00 . The said amount was to be repaid in 37 numbers of monthly EMIs. The first EMI was fixed at Rs.24,276.00 and the rest 36 EMIs were fixed at Rs.19,720.00 which should commence from 05.07.2014 to 05.07.2017. The said amount is till not adjusted previous loan EMIs or paid in favour of the complainant’s bank account. The complainant in several occasion approached the opp.parties to adjust the loan amount to previous loan amount and to return the balance and supply a statement of account in her favour. The opp.parties did not supply the same. The complainant started repayment of EMIs for the 2nd loan till date. The complainant has successfully paid an amount of Rs.2,23,150 to the opp.parties in between the 05.07.2014 to 02.02.2017. Till filing of the case the complainant has repaid an amount of Rs.5,03,950.00 to the opp.parties (Rs.2,80,800.00 + Rs.2,23,150.00). After contacting the opp.parties through toll free number and cell phone at last on 02.02.2017 after lapse of more than 32 months the opp.parties supplied a loan statement of account and repayment schedule in favour of the complainant and demanded the repayment of the total balance arrear loan amount at a time. Annexure- 4 & 5 are the photo copy of the statement of the account and repayment schedule. From the aforesaid documents the complainant came to know that the opp.parties after refinance the loan amount on 22.05.2014 have not adjusted the balance arrear EMIs amount and the balance loan amount and the interest of the previous loan account . The complainant immediately informed the opp.parties about their wrong calculation and request for correction for statement of loan account after adjustment of the total arrear EMIs and balance loan amount, refund to the complainant. Instead of correction of the outstanding dues, statement of account and repayment schedule, the opp.parties are demanding an amount of Rs.8,00,000.00 from the complainant at a time and threatened to seize the vehicle within a week. Hence this case.
3. Notices were issued to both the opp.parties through Regd. post with A.D. Notice to opp.party No.1 returned with a postal endorsement “refused”. So notice on opp.party No.1 is sufficient. Notice on opp.party No.2 has been served and the A.D available in the case record. The opp.parties filed a joint written statement being signed by the authorised signatory for the opp.parties.
4. The case of the opp.parties is that the complainant is not a consumer. There is no deficiency in service provided by the opp.parties. The complainant is using the vehicle for commercial purpose. There is no material placed by the complainant that she is leaving from the earning of the vehicle through self-employment. In view of Arbitration Clause-6 this Forum/Commission has no jurisdiction to decide the lies raised by the complainant. The complainant has suppressed the material facts. The complainant has requested the opp.parties for financial support towards the vehicle and accordingly the opp.party No.1 sanctioned a loan of Rs.5,50,000.00 after execution of loan-cum-hypothecation agreement No. ANGULO211070001 dtd. 07.11.2012. In view of such agreement the complainant was to pay Rs.7,66,972.00 in 37 monthly instalments commencing from 2012.2012 20.12.2015. As per the repayment structure the first instalment was fixed at Rs.24,904.00 and all other instalments from 2nd to 36 were fixed at Rs.20,617.00 .The complainant also availed WCL insurance loan on 24.01.2013 to the tune of Rs.19,441.00 and Rs.30,268.00 on 27.01.2014 along with interest. She was liable to pay an amount of Rs.67,068.00 only for t he aforesaid loans. The total amount to be repaid by the complainant was Rs.8,34,040.00 only. The complainant was a defaulter and deviated the financial discipline and also the terms and contract. The opp.parties have received an amount of Rs.2,85,950.00 till 20.054.2014 out of which Rs.33,420.00 was recovered towards 1st ECL (insurance loan) and Rs.11,260.00 to wards 2nd WCL (insurance loan). The balance some of Rs.2,31,314.00 was realised towards the vehicle loan .So as on 20.05.2014 the complainant was to pay a sum of Rs.8,16,702.00. As the complainant could not clear-up the out standing dues under the agreement dtd.07.11.2012 ,she requested the opp.party No.1 on writing on 20.05.2014 for re-agreement /restructure of the amount which was considered and approved by the financer. Accordingly a sum of Rs.5,10,000.00 was sanctioned in favour of the complainant and the loan agreement bearing No. ANGULO405200004 was executed on 22.05.2014 where the sum payable by the complainant was Rs.7,34,196.00 in 37 monthly instalments commencing from 05.07.2014 to 05.07.2017 .As per the re-payment schedule the 1st instalment was Rs.24,276.00 and 2nd to 36 instalments were Rs.19,720.00 per month. Besides the vehicle loss, the vehicle in question was also insured by the opp.parties-financer for two consecutive terms i.e on 27.01.2015 Rs.31,538.00 and on 27.01.2016 for Rs.31,990.00 together with interest. The complainant was liable to pay Rs.70,788.00 towards the aforesaid due. Thus the total amount payable by the complainant during contract tenure was Rs.8,04,984.00 . The statement of account as on 31.08.2017 reveals that a sum of Rs.2,23,150.00 only has been received from the complainant against receivable amount Rs.12,17,437.00. The amount due on the complainant is Rs.9,94,287.00. The relief asked by the complainant i.e not to seize the vehicle as infructuous as the vehicle has already been seized on 26.04.2017. The complainant has closed the 1st agreement by opting for the 2nd agreement. So the payment made under 2nd agreement can not be adjusted for the 1st agreement. The tenure of the agreement dtd. 22.05.2014 is completed on 05.07.2017 and there is a huge amount due on the complainant as appears from Annexure- C/1. The complaint filed by the complainant is not having any merit, may be dismissed as there is no deficiency in service on the part of the opp.parties.
5. Admittedly the complainant has purchased a vehicle bearing Regd. No. OR- 19F 1613 by availing finance from the institution of the opp.parties/ The vehicle was purchased for earning of livelihood by the complainant. The opp.parties failed to produce any evidence that the complainant has purchased the vehicle for commercial purpose i.e to earn profit. So it is clear from the materials from the record that the complainant had purchased the 2nd hand vehicle for earning her livelihood. It is also admitted that the 1st loan was availed by executing loan agreement No.ANGULO211070001 dtd.07.11.2012. It is also clear from the materials on record that as the complainant failed to repay the loan through regular instalments, she approached the opp.parties for refinance and on the request of the complainant the opp.parties agreed to refinance the vehicle of the complainant. Thereafter, an agreement was entered in between the complainant and the opp.parties on 22.05.2014 bearing No. ANGULO405200004 and loan was disbursed to the complainant. The complainant has filed a lots of documents in favour of her claim, where as the opp.parties have also relied on the documents available with them.
6. On perusal of the pleading of the parties and the documents filed by them, we found that there is no deficiency in service on the part of the opp.parties. The opp.parties have claimed the out standing dues from the complainant according to the loan agreement executed by the complainant in both the occasions. When demand is as per the agreements executed by the complainant, now she can not challenge the terms and conditions of such agreement. There is no deficiency in service by the opp.parties at all.
7. Hence order :-
: O R D E R :
The case be and the same is dismissed on contest against the opp.parties.