Apple supplied OS 10.6.3 dvd is ejecting from drive during OS upgrade

I have received DVD of OS Snow Leopard (10.6.3) from Apple by post. I wanted to upgrade my existing OS 10.5.8 Leopard to 10.6.3.
But when I was trying to insert the installation disk (OS 10.6.3) it immediately ejects from drive. I checked with other DVD and also my older DVD of OS. 10.5.5 to check the drive and those were working fine.
I tried to run the DVD of OS Snow Leopard (10.6.3) to detect by my Mac Book Pro (5.1) using various methods but failed: (1) tried pressing C-key during boot (2) pressing option key during boot (3) tried in safe mode. all failed. I reset SMC but all failed to read the Apple supplied disk.
I tried the Snow Leopard disk to read using my Windows PC. It was detected in Windows laptop (but .dmg file was not shown as it was not Mac OS).
Please suggest.

That sounds as if the disc is faulty or unsuitable.

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