Fair trade regulator CCI has dismissed a complaint of alleged unfair business practices against Kerala Agro Machinery Corporation Ltd (KAMCO).
The complaint was filed by Andhra Pradesh based Venkateswara Agencies which deals in agricultural machineries.
KAMCO was established in 1973 for manufacturing agricultural machinery and became a separate Government of Kerala undertaking in 1986.
Venkateswara has been the authorised dealer for KAMCO since 2006 for supplying products of KAMCO to West Godavari, East Godavari, Krishna, Srikakulam and Guntur districts of Andhra Pradesh.
Initially the agreement was for one year, but continued till 2018.
Venkateswara alleged that KAMCO gave authorized dealerships to other dealers for Guntur, Vijayawada and Srikakulam, in spite of the fact that it continued to hold the authorised dealership.
However, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) said that "the Commission is of the view that no competition concern is involved in the appointing of new dealers in the areas where the informant has dealership."
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