ORDER :

Suresh Chandra, Member

Petitioner herein was the opposite party before the District Forum and respondent was the original complainant. The respondent placed an order for supply of 15 sets of Weld Trimmers with Cutters, Hydraulic Cylinders and Hydraulic Power Packs with the opposite party vide purchase order dated 31.3.2006. Alleging defects in the goods supplied by the opposite party, the complainant issued a legal notice dated 7.12.2006 to the opposite party and since the opposite party failed to comply with the request made in the notice, the complainant filed a complaint under section 12 of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 before the District Forum, Ranga Reddy District at L.B. Nagar in Andhra Pradesh. The opposite party contested the complaint. The District Forum, on appraisal of the pleadings and the evidence placed before it, held that there was no deficiency in service on the part of the opposite party and hence dismissed the complaint of the respondent / complainant. Aggrieved by this order of the District Forum, the complainant filed an appeal against it before the A.P. State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Hyderabad (‘State Commission’, for short) which vid