JUDGMENT : Aggrievedby the order dated 16-11-2010 passed by the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, Bhopal in C.C. No. 68/2008,this appeal has been filed under Section 15 of the Consumer Protection Act,1986. 2.Shorn of details, the facts are that the respondent company advertised widelythat for each internet connection of Rs . 3,000/-there shall be a scratch card and the prize indicated by the scratch card shallbe given. The appellant purchased an internet connection and when he scratchedthe card he was lucky enough to get a prize of DVD Player. However, this prize was not given and reminders to the dealer turnedfutile. 3.Learned Counsel for the appellant submits that Exh .P-2 is the acknowledgment of Gift Receipt and Exh .P-3 requires pre-acknowledgment for the gift. Accordingly P-2 and P-3 bear hissignature and taking acknowledgment of free gift and without handing over thegift the respondent has dodged giving away the prize earned by the appellant. 4.The District Forum has non suited the complaint on theground that as per the General Manager, Telecom Vs. M. Krishnan and others,2009(5) M.P.H.T. 486 (SO = III (2009) CPJ 71 (SC), there is alternativeprovision for such dispute. It is not being a telecom dispute covered by theIndian Telegraph Act, will not fall within the ambitof the said observations of their Lordships. 5.It is unfortunate that entrepreneurs advertise to give prizes and later backout giving DVD as per the scratch card. We,therefore, direct the respondent company to give after due acknowledgment a DVD Player as the prize as per scratch card and a sum of Rs .1000/- towards costs of the proceedings. This appeal is thus disposed of.