M.M.K. Sardana, Member—An application has been filed under Section 12B of the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act, 1969 (hereinafter referred to as “the MRTP Act”) by the applicant seeking compensation from the respondents alleging unfair trade practices for the refund of the amount of Rs. 29,000 deposited by the applicant towards the fees of the Contact Programme conducted by the respondent and an interest @ 18% per annum on the amount from the date of deposit till the date of refund. Additional compensation on account of mental agony, financial loss and academic loss has also been claimed.

2. The applicant’s case in brief is as

follows:

Taken in by the advertisement in the national dailies inserted by the respondents about its Two Year Classroom Contact Programme leading to IIT Entrance Examination in 1999, the applicant, Master Navjeet Sharma aged 17 years at that time and a student of Class XII, applied for an admission test held on 20.7.1997 and made a payment of Rs. 200 for that test. The applicant appeared in the entrance examination conducted by the respondents coaching institute for enrolment to ‘Two Year Classroom Contact Programme’. The applicant was d