1 D.B. CIVIL SPECIAL APPEAL(W)NO.577/2007 Rajendra Prasad Vs. Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Alwar & Ors. Date of Order :: 24-04-2007 HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SHRI S.N.JHA HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE MOHAMMAD RAFIQ Shri Devendra Raghava, for the appellant. By the order impugned, the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Alwar directed the appellant to deposit sum of Rs.50,000/- as interim compensation under Section 140 of the Motor Vehicles Act. The case of the appellant is that he is simply Headmaster of the Mahaveer Public Secondary School which is the registered owner of the vehicle as shown in the Certification of Registration, and he cannot be held liable to compensation. It is submitted that the Society managing the Mahaveer Public Secondary School, being the owner, direction should have been issued to it to pay/deposit compensation. From the record it appears that the appellant described himself as owner of the vehicle and in that capacity took delivery of the vehicle on Supurdginama. Having accepted possession of the vehicle as its owner, the appellant cannot deny his liability. It is open to the appellant to realise the amount from the society i.e. 2 Mahaveer Public Secondary School as already observed by the Claims Tribunal in the impugned order. We find no ground to interfere in the matter. The appeal is dismissed. The question as to whether claim petition is maintainable in the absence of the society i.e. Mahaveer Public Secondary School, is left open to be decided by the Claims Tribunal. [MOHAMMAD RAFIQ],J. [S.N.JHA],CJ. Praveen