IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD DATE.21-03-2011. PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE G. KRISHNA MOHAN REDDY CIVIL MISCELLANEOUS APPEAL No.89 OF 2010 Between: Wardhineni Venkayamma @ Arthimala Venkayamma. --- Appellant/ Applicant. AND The Union of India, Rep. by its General Manager, South Central Railway, Rail Nilayam, Secunderabad. --- Respondent/ Respondent. The Court made the following: THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE G. KRISHNA MOHAN REDDY CIVIL MISCELLANEOUS APPEAL No.89 OF 2010 JUDGEMENT: This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is filed under Section 23 of the Railway Claims Tribunal Act, 1987 (for short, “the RCT Act”) against order dated 14-11-2008 passed in O.A.A. No.318 of 2006 filed under Section 16 of the RCT Act read with Section 124-A and 125 of Railways Act, 1989 (for short, ‘the Act’) on the file of Railway Claims Tribunal, Secunderabad Bench at Secunderabad (for short, ‘the Tribunal’), claiming compensation of Rs.4,00,000/- consequent on the death of one A. Venkateshwara Rao who happened to be the son of the applicant, so far as rate of interest awarded therein is concerned. 2. The respondent denied the claim by filing his affidavit. The Tribunal allowed the application awarding compensation of Rs.4,00,000/- with a direction to deposit the amount within thirty (30) days failing which to award interest at the rate of 9% p.a. from the date of order till the date of realization of the amount. 3. The claim of the applicant is that she is entitled to the said interest from the date of application till the date of realization of the amount. 4. Therefore, it is to be mainly examined as to whether the interest awarded is not adequate and interest is to be awarded as claimed by the applicant? 5. By virtue of the decision reported in Thazhathe Purayil Sarabi and others Vs. Union of India and another[1] the applicant is entitled to interest at the rate of 6% p.a. from the date of order till the date of decree and at the rate of 9% p.a. from the date of decree till the date of realization of the amount. Accordingly, the Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is disposed of modifying the interest awarded by the Tribunal. There shall be no order as to costs. __________________________ G.KRISHNA MOHAN REDDY, J Date.21-03-2011. Dsh. [1] (2009) 7 SCC 372