By Smt. Padmini Sudheesh, President: <br /> The petitioner’s case is as follows:-<br /> 1. Petitioner had availed a telephone connection with coin box from the respondent on 31.5.06 for an amount of Rs.4051/-. At the time of purchasing the said telephone with coin box, respondent had promised that the said system will function without any fault. The petitioner had installed the same in his business firm. After installation, the said telephone connection was not working properly. When the coin was inserted in the coin box, immediately the telephone got disconnected and the coin inserted in the box got never ejected. So the petitioner intimated the matter over telephone to the respondent on number of occasions, but the respondent didn’t cared to cure the defects of the telephone system. So the petitioner issued a lawyer notice to the respondent on 13.7.06 and they received the notice on 15.7.06 and they neither replied to the notice nor paid the compensation amount. <br /> 2. The respondent called absent and set exparte.<br /> 3. To prove the case of the petitioner, he has filed an affidavit. The documents produced by him are marked as Exts. P1 to P3.<br /> 4. Heard the Counsel.<br /> 5. According to the petitioner, he is entitled to return the amount of the telephone system that is Rs.4051/- . He also claims compensation and costs. There is no counter evidence.<br /> 6. So the petition is allowed and the respondent is directed to pay the value of the telephone system that is Rs.4051/- (Rupees four thousand and fifty one only) and Rs.1000/- (Rupees one thousand only) as compensation and Rs.500/- (Rupees five hundred only) as costs to the petitioner. Time for compliance one month. <br /> <br /> Dictated to the Confidential Assistant, transcribed by her, corrected by me and pronounced in the open Forum, this the 13th day of May 2008.<br />