Mr. Justice K.C. Bhargava, President—This is an appeal against the judgment and order passed by District Consumer Forum, Allahabad, on 15.7.1995 in Complaint Case No. 244 of 1994.

2. Facts of the case, stated in brief, are as follows :

The respondent Mr. Kashi Kant Mishra had worked for 15 years in different Companies after passing from IIT, Kanpur. He decided to instal an old tyres retreading unit and contacted Dunlop India Ltd., the appellant-opposite party No. 1. Dunlop India Ltd. had an office at Lucknow and opposite party No. 2, the Regional Manager, Lucknow entered into an agreement with the respondent on behalf of Dunlop India Ltd. It was agreed that the machines and raw material shall be purchased from Dunlop India Ltd. A sum of Rs. 24,000/- was deposited as advance money and loan of Rs. 12,44,000/- was taken by the respondent from UPFC at the interest rate of 15% per annum. The complainant established his unit in Karchhana Tehsil and got the same registered at Allahabad.

3. The complainant had established this unit for his self-employment. The unit was installed by the technicians of opposite parties but the machinery never worked satisfactorily from the very beginning o