FAO No. 975 of 1990 -1- In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh FAO No. 975 of 1990 (O&M) Date of decision : 1.3.2011 Smt. Bhagwani Devi and others ... Appellants vs General Manager and another .... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Ashit Malik, Advocate, for the appellants. Mr. D. D. Gupta, Additional Advocate General, Haryana. Rajesh Bindal J. Challenge in the present appeal is to the award dated 7.7.1990 passed by the learned Commissioner under the Employee's Compensation Act, whereby the appellants were not granted interest from the date of filing of claim petition. Learned counsel for the appellants submitted that the appellants should have been granted interest from the date of filing of claim petition. In support of his argument, he relied upon judgment of Hon'ble the Supreme Court in N. Parameswaran Pillai and another vs Union of India and another 2002 (2) RCR (Civil) 597 and a decision of this court in Usha Rani vs Union of India 2004 (1) RCR (Civil) 676. Learned counsel for the respondents could not dispute the proposition of law laid down in the aforesaid judgments. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the paper- book. The issue regarding entitlement of interest to the claimants on the amount of compensation, has been gone into by this court in New India Assurance Company Limited vs Manphool Singh and others (2008-1) PLR 706, wherein following judgment of Hon'ble the Supreme Court in Pratap Narain Singh Deo vs Srinivas Sabata (1976) 1 SCC 289, it has been opined that the claimants shall be entitled to interest not from the date of order/award of the Commissioner, but on expiry of one month from the date of accident. FAO No. 975 of 1990 -2- In view of the aforesaid judgments, it is directed that the appellants-claimants in the present case shall be entitled to interest @ 6% on the amount of compensation awarded for the period commencing from December 1985 till the same is deposited with the Commissioner or paid to the appellants whichever is earlier. Disposed of. 1.3.2011 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge