HOTEL SHIVA CONTINENTAL Vs. TELECOM CENTRE

JUDGEMENT

(1.) -THIS appeal is directed against the order dated 7. 9. 2005 passed by the District Consumer Forum, Dehradun in Consumer Complaint No. 292 of 1999. Vide the impugned order, the consumer complaint has been dismissed by the District Forum.

(2.) THE complainant - appellant is a private limited company and running a hotel at The Mall, Kulri, Mussoorie, District Dehradun. This appeal has been presented by the company through its Managing Director Sh. Vinesh Kumar Singhal. The dispute relates to telephone No. 632780, which is in the name of Sh. R. K. Singhal, Director of the company. When the appellant suddenly started receiving bills of excessive amount in the year 1998, he asked the Telecom Department to supply the statement of calls with the bills so that he could check the correctness of the bills. In spite of various letters and reminders sent to the respondent, no reply was received from the respondent. Ultimately, the appellant deposited the amounts shown in the bills under protest and filed a Consumer Complaint No. 292 of 1999 before the District Forum.

(3.) THE District Forum on an appreciation of the facts and circumstances of the case, dismissed the complaint. Hence this appeal has been preferred by the complainant - appellant.