2001 (3) TMI 965

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....IDENT AND D.D. BAHUGUNA, MEMBER   Alam Singh Khati for the Appellant. ORDER Bhargava, President-This is an appeal against the judgment and order dated 31-1-2000 passed by District Consumer Forum, Pithoragarh, in complaint case No. 68/1998. 2. The facts of the case stated in brief are that the complainant on 6-11-1985 purchased two National Savings Certificates for amount of Rs.....

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....parties were approached to regularise the same either by paying no interest or at the rate of 5 per cent per annum. Now the permission has been obtained and the payment will be made. 4. The learned District, Forum, after considering the case of the parties, found that there is deficiency on behalf of the Post Office. It directed for payment of Rs. 4,030 as the amount of the NSCs alongwith 6 per....

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.... When the complainant applied for issue of certificate, it was the duty of the employees of the Post Office concerned that the NSCs are not issued in the name of the firm but are issued in the name of the individual. If the complainant has given an application for issue of NSCs in the name of the firm, then the same should have been rejected but this was not done by the employees of the appellant ....