HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K.S.APPA RAO C.M.A.No.31 of 2008 JUDGMENT: Being aggrieved by the order dated 14.09.2007 in W.C.No.187 of 2005 on the file of the Commissioner for Workmen’s Compensation and the Assistant Commissioner of Labour, Kadapa, the present appeal is filed by the appellant/opposite party No.2. Learned counsel for the appellant mainly urged that interest granted by the Commissioner is erroneous and not in accordance with law and he placed reliance on a decision reported in Oriental Insurance Co.Ltd v Mohd.Nasir and another[1]. The counsel appearing for the appellant drawn the attention of this Court while placing reliance on the aforesaid judgment and urged that interest will be payable at the rate of 7 1/2 % per annum from the date of filing of the application till the date of award. The rate of interest thereafter shall be payable in terms of the order passed by the Commissioner. In the impugned order, the Commissioner granted interest @ 12% per annum from the date of accident till the date of realisation. Now, the point for consideration is whether the interest awarded by the Commissioner is sustainable? As seen from the judgment relied on by the learned counsel for the appellant reported in Oriental Insurance Co.Ltd v Mohd.Nasir and another (one supra), the learned Judge while discussing Section 4-A and Sub-section 3 of the Act observed that interest shall be payable @ 7 1/2 % per annum from the date of filing of the application till the date of award and the rate of interest thereafter shall be payable in terms of the order passed by the Commissioner. Therefore, while placing reliance on the aforesaid decision, the interest granted by the Commissioner is not sustainable. Accordingly, the appeal is modified, directing the respondents to pay interest @ 7 1/2 % per annum from the date of filing of the application till the date of award and thereafter at 12% per annum as per the orders passed by the Commissioner. With this modification, the appeal is partly allowed. No costs. __________________ K.S.APPA RAO,J 17TH June, 2011 PNV [1] 2010(1) ALD 74 (SC)