NCDRC

NCDRC

RP/2563/2007

TELCO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT CO. LTD. AND ORS. - Complainant(s)

Versus

M/S. SWAGATH ROAD LINES - Opp.Party(s)

M/S. K. J. JOHN AND CO.

15 Sep 2011

ORDER

NATIONAL CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION
NEW DELHI
 
REVISION PETITION NO. 2563 OF 2007
 
(Against the Order dated 21/03/2007 in Appeal No. 789/2003 of the State Commission Andhra Pradesh)
1. TELCO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT CO. LTD. AND ORS.
14-1-1-/2, NOWROJI ROAD MAHARANIPETA
VISAKHAPATNAM -26
ANDHRA PRADESH
2. TATA CONSTRUCTIONS EQUIPMENT CO. LTD.
REP. BY ITS SPECIAL POWER OF ATTORNEY HOLDER SRI C.K. SWAIN, TECO,
JAMSHEDPUR - 831 010
ANDHRA PRADESH
3. THE REGIONAL MANAGER,
TATA CONSTRUCTIONS EQUIPMENT CO. LTD. BOMBAY HOUSE 24, HOMIMODI STREET, HUTATMA CHOWK,
MUMBAI - 400 001
MAHARASHTRA
...........Petitioner(s)
Versus 
1. M/S. SWAGATH ROAD LINES
THROUGH ITS MANAGING PARTNER, SRI. DUGGIRALA PRASAD BABU, D.NO. 13-43/A,NEELKAMAL ROAD ASHOK NAGER , OLD GAJUWAKA
VISAKHAPATNAM -26
ANDHRA PRADESH
...........Respondent(s)

BEFORE: 
 HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK BHAN, PRESIDENT
 HON'BLE MRS. VINEETA RAI, MEMBER

For the Petitioner :M/S. K. J. JOHN AND CO.
For the Respondent :MR. G.V.R. CHOUDARY

Dated : 15 Sep 2011
ORDER

Petitioner was proceeded ex-parte before the District Forum as it did not appear before the District Forum in spite of having been served.  In the Grounds of Revision, the Petitioner has stated that the notice of the original complaint was not served on the petitioners but the notices of the complaint were wrongly dispatched to the officials of Telecommunications Department i.e. General Manager, Divisional

 

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Manager and Accounts Officer at Visakhapatnam and notices were forwarded to Petitioner related to Consumer Dispute No. 1439 of 2002 pertaining to Sh. D.S.V.V.N. Raju with which the Petitioner had no connection whatsoever.  If that be so, then the case needs to be remanded back to the District Forum to decide it afresh in accordance with law after affording an opportunity of hearing to the petitioner to put forth its defence.

Counsel for the Petitioner submits that it may not be necessary to remit the case back to the District Forum as the dispute can be resolved here only as the complaint would not be maintainable as the respondent had purchased the excavator for a commercial purpose.  Counsel for the petitioner relies upon a judgment of three Members’ Bench of this Commission in “Sanjay D. Ghodawat vs. R.R.B. Energy Ltd. IV (2010) CPJ 178 (NC)”in which it is held that the complaint, on behalf of a person who purchases the goods or hires the service for a commercial purpose with a warranty, would not be maintainable.

 

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Counsel for the respondent after taking instructions seeks permission to withdraw the complaint with liberty to seek appropriate relief from any other court of competent jurisdiction.

The prayer made by the counsel for the respondent is allowed.  Complaint is permitted to be withdrawn reserving liberty with the respondent to seek appropriate relief from any other court of competent jurisdiction.  Complaint is ordered to be dismissed as withdrawn as a consequence thereof the revision petition has become infructous.

In case the petitioner files a suit within four weeks from today, then the trial court shall consider the application for condonation of delay for the time spent before the consumer fora in terms of the observations made by the Supreme Court in Laxmi Engineering Works vs.PSG Industrial Institute – (1995) 3 SCC 583”.

 
......................J
ASHOK BHAN
PRESIDENT
......................
VINEETA RAI
MEMBER

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