IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. FAO 530 of 1987 DATE OF DECISION : APRIL 24, 2008 KALA WATI ....... APPELLANT(S) VERSUS JOGINDER SINGH & ORS. ....... RESPONDENT(S) CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: None for the appellant. Mr. Inderjit Sharma, Advocate, for respondent No.3. AJAI LAMBA, J. (Oral) Kala Wati, the present appellant and mother of deceased- Vijay Pal Pandey along with Saroj Devi widow of Vijay Pal Pandey, filed a claim petition before the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Ludhiana. The claim was allowed and the respondents were ordered to pay compensation of Rs.76,800/- along with interest at the rate of 12% per annum from the date of claim petition i.e. 13.3.1986, till the date of payment. Having regard to the age of the claimants, 2/3rd share was allowed in favour of wife-Saroj Devi, aged about 21 years, and 1/3rd share was awarded in favour of mother-Kala Wati. Being dis-satisfied with the quantum, this appeal has been filed by mother-Kala Wati only. Learned counsel for respondent No.3 has pointed out that as per the best evidence produced on behalf of the claimants i.e. PW-6 Mohan FAO 530 of 1987 2 Deepak, Deputy Manager (Personnel), Hero Cycles, Ludhiana, deceased- Vijay Pal Pandey was being paid Rs.520/- per month along with 20% bonus. As per the case set up by appellant-Kala Wati, the deceased used to send Rs.200/- per month to her, as maintenance. The Tribunal has taken into account Rs.4800/- per year as the dependency while calculating the total earnings at Rs.624/- per month and deducted 1/3rd therefrom. Thus, Rs.400/- per month has been considered as the dependency. The multiplier used is of 16 in view of the age of the deceased, the same being 29 years. No one has put in appearance to address arguments on behalf of the appellant. I have gone through the impugned award as also the record. The award passed by the Tribunal is reasonable. The evidence produced by the claimants has been considered and the case set up by the claimants has been accepted in toto. PW-6 Mohan Deepak, Deputy Manager (Personnel), Hero Cycles, Ludhiana, was the best witness to depose with regard to the pay of the deceased. There is no scope for interference either in the dependency or in the multiplier used. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case noticed above, no ground for interference is made out. The appeal is dismissed. April 24, 2008 ( AJAI LAMBA ) Kang JUDGE