OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL FORUM, ANGUL

       PRESENT:- SRI  DURGA CHARAN MISHRA,  PRESIDENT

 A N D

      Sri K.K.Mohanty,MEMBER .

Consumer Complaint No. 92 of 2012

 Date  of  Filling : - 28.09.2012.

        Date  of  Order  :-  11 .05.2017.

 Nityananda Mohapatra,S/O.Krupasindhu Mohapatra,

 Pensioner Ex,SI of Angul Police Station,

 At-Soubhagyananagar,

 Angul Town,P.O/P.S/Dist.Angul. 

                                          _________________________Complainant.

                   Vrs.

Chief Manager of State Bankof India,

Angul Branch,P.O/P.S/Dist.Angul.

                                         __________________________Opp. party

For the complainant     :-  Self.

For the opp.party         :-  Sri U.S.Mishra & associates(Advs.)

 : J U D G E M E N T   :

Sri D. C. Mishra, President.

          The  complainant has  filed  this  case with  prayer  to  direct the  Chief Manager, State Bank  of  India Angul branch(opp.party )  to  release the  stolen cash  of Rs. 12,000.00  with  admissible  interest  from the  date of  theft  i.e from 23.9.2011 to till the  release  of the  said  cash   with   compensation of Rs. 4,000.00 towards  mental  agony and  litigation charges.

2.       The  case of the  complainant is that he  had  savings  bank A/C No. 11083174865  with the opp.party and he  was  operating  ATM Card No. 6220180000700171275  and  drawing his  pension  through the ATM Card. On 23.9.2011  at 7.33AM he  went  to State Bank  of India main branch  and  drew Rs.1,000.00  through  the ATM, leaving  remaining  balance Rs. 12,257 .00 in  his   aforesaid  S.B A/C. It is alleged that  on 28.9.11  when he  used the ATM Card   found only Rs. 257.00  was in  his S.B A/c.  and  rest Rs. 12,000.00  was stolen. So  he reported the fact to the IIC,Angul who registered P.S Case No. 696 dt. 17.12.2011  U/s. 379 I.P.C and   continued his  investigation  but in vain. So the  complainant  has  filed this  case.

3.       The opp.party  has  contested the case by filing  written version, stating that  due  to  negligence of the  complainant  the  cash was stolen  and  they have no contribution in it, for which   they have  prayed  for  dismissal of the case.

4.       During  course of  argument  both the  counsels have filed a memo  stating that  “ Both the parties  amicably  agreed to  settle the  dispute  in  terms  of   money  to the   tune  of Rs. 20,000.00 and  accordingly  necessary  order may be  passed  for   payment of the  settled amount”.

5.       In view of the  above  settlement  by  both the  learned  counsels  the  following  order is  passed.

: O R D E R :

          The opp.party i.e  Chief Manager,State Bank of India,Angul Branch  is  directed  to  pay Rs. 20,000.00  (Rupees Twenty Thousand)  to the  complainant  towards theft of  cash, cost of  litigation and  mental agony suffered by him  within 15(fifteen)  days   of this  order.

                                                                                                                        Order delivered in the open forum

                                                                                                                       today the  11^th   May,2017 with

                                        hand   and seal of this Forum.

Typed to my dictation

and corrected by me                                                                                              Sd/-

                                                                                                                            (Sri D. C. Mishra)

 Sd/-                                                                                                                      President.       

  (Sri D. C. Mishra)                                                             

         President .

  Sd/-                                                                                        

 (Sri K.K.Mohanty)