Mr. Justice L. Manoharan, President— These appeals are from the order in O.P. No. 548/96 on the file of Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, Thiruvananthapuram. The 3rd opposite party is the appellant in Appeal No. 913/99 and opposite parties 1 and 2 are the appellants in Appeal No. 915/99. These appeals are being disposed of by this common order.

2. The case of the complainant before the District Forum in brief is, himself an educated umemployed wanted to start a computer centre for earning his livelihood, for that he availed a loan of Rs. 1,25,000/- under the Prime Minister’s Rozgar Yojana Scheme from the Dhanalekshmi Bank Ltd. The opposite parties installed HPS laser printer, towards the price of the same demand draft was issued. But soon after the installation defects were noticed in the printer in November, 1995, thereupon he informed opposite parties 2 and 3 to replace the same for which the 3rd opposite party informed that their liability is only to instal the equipment and that opposite parties 1 and 2 are liable for the replacement and other work connected with it. The laser printer was taken away by the second opposite party; but instead of replacing the same, they sent