Arun Kumar Goel (Retd.), President—Appellant is aggrieved from the order of District Forum, Solan whereby his Complaint No.15/2006 was dismissed on 31.7.2008. He had purchased a Tata truck, Model LPT-1109 on 24.3.2005 from respondent No.4 for a consideration of Rs.6,77,000. He obtained financial assistance from ICICI Bank, The Mall Shimla in the sum of Rs.5,85,000 for the purchase of this truck. Said vehicle was registered in the State of Himachal Pradesh under registration No.HP-09A-1342.

2. During course of’ hearing, it was not disputed that truck was under warranty for a period of 18 months or had covered a distance upto 1,50,000 kilometres, whichever was earlier. In the aforesaid background according to the appellant, when vehicle showed major problems during its journey to Delhi, it was taken to the authorized service point of manufacturer at M/s Metro Motors, Karnal on 26.10.2005. It was repaired by the said dealer, who charged Rs.1,368.10 paise. Still the problem continued, as such he brought it to the workshop of respondent No.4.

3. It was examined by the expert and employees of this respondent, and as per his version, the appellant was verbally informed that the engine