FAO No. 3834 of 2010 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH FAO No. 3834 of 2010 (O&M) Date of decision: 11.11.2010 Chanda Devi and others .. Appellants v. Union of India .. Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr. Namit Sharma, Advocate for the appellants. Mr. Jagdish Marwaha, Advocate for the respondent. ... Rajesh Bindal J. Prayer in the present appeal is for setting aside the direction of Railway Claims Tribunal, Chandigarh Bench, Chandigarh (for short, `the Tribunal'), whereby out of ` 1,00,000/- coming to the share of appellant No. 1, ` 70,000/- have been directed to be deposited in a bank in FDR for a period of two years. Learned counsel for the appellants submitted that the aforesaid direction of the Tribunal is contrary to the law laid down by Hon'ble the Supreme Court in H. S.Ahammed Hussain v. Irfan Ahammed, 2002(3) RCR (Civil) 563 and this Court in FAO No. 1262 of 2010—Rameshwar Lal and others v. Union of India, decided on 11.5.2010, wherein it has been opined that the amount payable to an adult cannot be directed to be deposited in fixed deposit. Learned counsel for the respondent did not dispute the aforesaid proposition of law. After hearing learned counsel for the parties, in my opinion, the direction of the Tribunal for deposit of ` 70,000/- out of ` 1,00,000/- payable to appellant No. 1 on account of death of her husband in fixed deposit is liable to be set aside and a direction is issued that the aforesaid amount of ` 70,000/- along with interest, which is lying in bank, be released to appellant No. 1 at her option FAO No. 3834 of 2010 [2] any time. The appeal stands disposed of in the manner indicated above. ( Rajesh Bindal ) Judge 11.11.2010 mk