IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI ANIL R. DAVE, THE CHIEF JUSTICE and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 21310 of 2008 Between: 1 A. Padma, W/o. Koteshwar Goud, R/o. Adilabad, Adilabad District. 2 A. Sarojini, W/o. Narsa Goud, R/o. Adilabad, Adilabad District. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 Zameer Ahmed, S/o. Nazeer Ahmed, Owner of Lorry Bearing No. ADF-7234, R/o. Ahmedpura Colony, Nizamabad./ 2 The Oriental Insurance Company Limited, Rep. by its Branch Manager, Branch Office PB No. 314, Beside Hotel Mayur, Godown Road, Nizamabad. 3 The Court of the Chairman, Motor Accident Claims Tribunal cum District Judge, At Adilabad, Adilabad District. .....RESPONDENT(S) Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Aﬃdavit ﬁled herein the High Court will be pleased to to issue a Writ, Order or Direction, more particularly a Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the oﬃce of the 3rd Respondent innot depositing the total compensation amount awarded to the petitioner in O.P.No.270/2003 on the ﬁle of the Chairman Motor Accidents Claim Tribunal cum IInd Additional District Judge (FTC), Adilabad, in interest yielding ﬁxed deposits in Nationalized Banks and keeping the amount in Civil Court deposits only, through the amount was deposited by the 2nd Respondent Insurance Company on 15-12-2006 and further showing Rs. 5,337/- less in the deposit amounts as illegal, arbitrary, abuse of process of law and is a clear case of violation of principles of natural justice and contrary to the Circular issued by the Hon'ble High Court in ROC No. 515/SO/2000 dated 20-07-2000 and consequently to direct the Oﬃce of the 3rd Respondent to pay the interest @ 9% per annum lost by the petitioner on the total deposit amount from 15.12. 2006 to till the ﬁling of the permission petitions by the petitioners in the interest of Justice. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.S.SURENDER REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: (SC FOR APHC)D.V.SITHARAM MURTHY The Court made the following : JUDGMENT: (Per Sri Anil R. Dave, CJ) By virtue of this writ petition, the attention of this Court is drawn to the fact that the order passed by the Chairman, Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Adilabad (respondent No.3) in O.P.No. 270 of 2003, dated 21-8-2006 had not been complied with. It has been submitted by the learned Advocate appearing for the petitioners that the amount payable to the petitioners was not deposited in a Bank by way of ﬁxed deposit and thereby the order passed by the Tribunal had not been complied with. Upon noting the said fact, it is directed that the High Court on its administrative side shall take necessary action to ﬁnd out as to why the direction given by the Tribunal had not been complied with. Upon perusal of the direction given by the Tribunal, it appears that though there was no speciﬁc direction with regard to deposit of the amount in question in a ﬁxed deposit in a nationalized bank, we direct that if the amount has not been deposited so far, it shall be deposited in a national bank by way of fixed deposit. It is further ordered that if any interest is accrued on the Civil Court Deposit, the said amount of interest be given to the petitioners. With the aforestated direction, the petition stands disposed of with no order as to costs. _____________________ ANIL R. DAVE, CJ __________________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J 7th November, 2008. GRR