ORDER

Mrs. M. Shreesha, Incharge President (Oral)- Aggrieved by the order in C.D. 172/2005 on the file of the District Forum, Kurnool, the first opposite party preferred this appeal.

2. The brief facts as set out in the complaint are that the complainant obtained individual Mediclaim policy, i.e., Hospitalization and Domiciliary Hospitalization Benefit Policy for a sum of Rs. 3 lakhs for the period from 27.6.2005 to 26.6.2006 from opposite party No. 1 and the second opposite party is a third party administrator to act on behalf of the first opposite party to process all claims. The complainant submits that he has undergone treatment for chest pain and breathlessness complaint from 29.8.2005 onwards till 27.9.2005 at Gupta Hospital, Nandyal and operated at Usha Mullapudi Cardiac Centre at Hyderabad and incurred medical expenditure of Rs. 2,33,935 and the opposite parties rejected his claim on the ground that the complainant's disease was pre-existing. Hence the complaint seeking direction to the opposite parties to pay Mediclaim amount together with compensation, interest and costs.

3. The second opposite party remained ex parte and was set ex parte. The first opposite party contested