Mr. Justice L. Manoharan, President— The first opposite party in O.F. 164/1997 of the Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, Kollam is the appellant. The complainant in the aforesaid O.P. approached the District Forum, Kollam with a grievance that, the TV which was replaced while O.P. 481/1996 was pending, is not functioning properly. According to him the replaced TV is an old one and the defects are such that, the TV has to be replaced. The opposite parties filed version controverting the allegations. The District Forum after going into questions came to the conclusion that the complainant is entitled to have the TV replaced, and accordingly the District Forum directed the opposite party to replaced the TV with a new TV set with warranty or in the alternative to return the price of the TV with 18% interest from the date of purchaser. The District Forum also awarded Rs. 1,500/- as compensation and Rs. 500/- as costs. Aggrieved by the same, as indicated, now the first opposite party has come up in appeal. The learned Counsel for appellant maintained that the complainant had originally filed O.P. 481/1996, during its pendency the TV that the complainant purchased was replaced with a