FAO No. 261 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH FAO No. 261 of 2011 Date of decision April 28, 2011 Smt. Raj Kaur and others ....... Appellants Versus Dayal Singh and others ........Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN Present:- Mr. Maharaj Kumar, Advocate for the appellants. **** 1. Whether reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment ? 2. To be referred to the reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the digest? K. Kannan, J (oral). CM No.1051-CII of 2011 1. There is a delay of 17 days in filing the appeal. For the reasons stated in the application, application is allowed. Delay of 17 days in filing the appeal is condoned. FAO No.261 of 2011 1. The appeal is for enhancement of claim for compensation for death of a male aged 50 years. The claim was at the instance of the widow and children. The contention was that he was earning `9,000/- per month. He was said to be an agriculturist and owned a tractor. With the small extent of land that Ex.P-2 jamabandi revealed as possessed by the deceased, the Tribunal took the income at `3,900/- provided for a deduction of 1/5th and applied a multiplier of 13. 2. Learned counsel states that his income has been taken as that he is an agricultural labourer. In cases where the land exists FAO No. 261 of 2011 2 and the income on the estate is still available and the compensation will be fixed only on the basis of the value of the managerial skills on the property, a determination of `3900/- as adopted by the Tribunal and a final assessment of `5,06,720/- as a compensation payable accords with evidence and in my view, is just and would require no further appraisal for enhancement. 3. The award is confirmed and the appeal is dismissed. (K. KANNAN) JUDGE April 28 , 2011 archana