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2'7^J$e2012 lo, Ms. Jyoti Jindgar Additional Director General O/o Director General commissionof India Competition B-Wing, 3rdFloor, Building, HUDCO-Vishala Place, 14-BhikajiCama New Delhi. Sub.i Noticeunder section36(2)read with section41(2)ofthe CompetitionAct' 2002
DearMs. JyotiJindgar, of Mr' We refer to our visit along with Mr'Vimal Saraf of Jaipur and the representative PatelofAhmedabadon the 19/04/2012. Mahendra the RAMPANT We had visited you at the end of a long series of correspondenceabout 36(2)read MALPRACTICE3OF MERCEDESBENZ-afterwe receiveda notice(undersection practices of rnarket *itt ,""fion 4l(2) of the Competition Act, 2002) regarding the-a-fterto Mr' A K' Singhal dated07/03/2012 to the sameby our response and-responded manufactuers andonceagainon 30/03/2012. againstDaimler At the time, we realizedthat you were not awareofthe extentofour allegations AG (parentof MercedesBenz)andMercedesBenz lndia' companygoeson We are painedthat the apparentarroganceand abuse of doninance by this media etc are truly unhinderedund the "oon-ty along with the Governmentagenciesand incompetentto ntervene to us' is supposed Onceagainwe tum to you, to questionhow a citizenor an ex-dealerlike industry' *p"." iflir nroXSrnOuS abuseof powerwhenno agencyexiststo rcgulatethis from the Surface and their-answers We have shownyou letters,includingRTI applications, our vi"i"ty and Heavy IndustriesMiniitry passing the bu-ck and even forwarding i*r.p"n The HeavyIndustriesMinistry evenforwardedusa ""-piA.i"," ru"*"aes Benzior response!!! to examineour veal old letrer from the A.R.A.I.'admittinglhat lhey haveno compelence '.rr"*ii"rrilr Beforeforwardingrhis letterperhapsthey shouldhave questionedthis apparent
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In connectionwith the above,we seekto once againapproachthe Commissionalong with some of the affectedparties such as Mr. Patel ard Mr' Sarafand would like to have an appointment with the chairmanofthe CompetitionCornrnissionoflndia. Hopingfor a positiveresponse. Thankingyou andwith bestregards, Yoursfaithful\, For, Camtr'Motors Pvt. Ltd.
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BenzIndiaP',4.Ltd. Encl.: Letterto Mr. PeterHonegg MD & CEO,Mercedes Cc:
1.Mr. AshokChawla,Chaiman of India'New Delhi otice of DirectorGeneral,CompetitionCommission 2. Mr. A K Singhal,AssistantDirectorGeneral, oflndia, New Delhi OIficeofDirectorGeneral,CompetitionCommission Centre Education& Research 3. Mr. V. G. Patel,Chairman,Consumer SurakshaSankoolBuilding, Sa*hej-GandhinagarHighway' Thaltej' Ahmedabad 4. Mr. A. K. Upadhyay,Secretary,Ministry ofRoad Transport& Highways Street,New Delhi- 110001 TransportBhavan,1, Parliament 5. Mr. RajeevLochan,Director (Safety),Ministry of RoadTransport& Highways TmnsportBhavan,I , ParliarnentSt.eet,New Delhi - 11000I 6. TheDirector,Ministryof Hea\y lndustries& PublicEnterprises oflndia, 155,UdyogBhavan,New Delhi - 11001I Government Secretary,Ministry of Hea\y Industries& Public Enteryrises 7. Mr. S. Sundareshan, New Delhi - 11001I of lndia, 155,UdyogBhavaIr, Govemment 8. Mr. MahendraPatel,Klockner DesmaMachineryPvt. Ltd.., Almedabad 9. Mr. Vimal Saraf,Zap India,Jaipur
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