Hi, I found the solution...
tocloft doesn't work properly with some of the classes...
I used titletoc instead..
\usepackage{titletoc}
\dottedcontents{figure}[4.5em]{}{3em}{0.75em}
\dottedcontents{table}[4.5em]{}{3em}{0.75em}
and it worked..
Nagaraj
