Mr. Justice V.K. Agrawal, President—This appeal under Section 15 of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 is directed against the order dated 12.2.2001 in Complaint No. 48/99 by District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, Raipur (hereinafter called the ‘Distt. Forum’ for short) directing the appellants to pay to the complainant compensation of Rs. 2,99,790/- with interest @ 12% per annum as well as Rs. 1,000/- towards cost of the complaint.

2. Indisputably, the appellants are manufacturers of the vehicles — truck, jeep and matadors etc. The respondent No. 2 is the dealer of the appellants. It is also not in dispute that the respondent No. 1 purchased a vehicle — matador model Cab king D.I. 3150 on 24.12.1997 for Rs. 2,99,792/- from the appellant’s dealer-respondent No. 2. The said vehicle was got duly registered with the R.T.O., Raipur, and was given Registration No. MP 23 D.A. 4650.

3. The complainant averred that the said vehicle started developing troubles after a few months of purchase. There was fault in the brakes as well as in the gear. The complaints regarding the faults as above were lodged by the complainant with the dealer respondent No. 2. It was further averred that on