IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JAIPUR BENCH, JAIPUR. S.B.CIVIL MISC. APPEAL No.911/2000 Smt.Nanchhi Devi & Ors. vs. Satish Kumar & Ors. 13.08.2009 HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE G.S. SARRAF Mr.Vinay Mathur, for the appellants. Mr.Shashi Shekhawat on behalf of Mr.R.P. Singh, for respondent no.3. *** The claimants appellants have filed this appeal against the award dated 29.2.00 passed by Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Jaipur District, Jaipur in motor accident claim case no.380/97. It is not necessary to narrate the facts of the case as the short controversy is that whether the compensation awarded by the Tribunal in this case is fair and reasonable? The deceased Ghasi Lal met with an accident on 2.3.97 and died. The deceased was 30 years old at the time of the accident. Learned Tribunal assessed the income of the deceased as Rs.1800/- per month and after deducting 1/3 of it for personal expenses of the deceased and after adopting a multiplier of 17 assessed the dependency as Rs.1200X12X17= Rs.2,44,800/-. Learned Tribunal then added Rs.29,000/- on various counts and passed a total award of Rs.2,73,800/-. Learned counsel for the claimants appellants submits that the amount of compensation awarded by learned Tribunal is grossly inadequate and therefore it should be enhanced. Considering the evidence available on the record and in the absence of any written proof of the income of the deceased I am of the opinion that learned Tribunal has rightly arrived at the conclusion that the income of the deceased was Rs.1800/- per month. Learned Tribunal deducted 1/3 of the income on the ground of personal expenses of the deceased which requires no interference. Looking to the age of the deceased the multiplier of 17 adopted by learned Tribunal is also appropriate. It is thus clear that the amount of compensation awarded by the Tribunal is fair and reasonable. There is no merit in the appeal. Consequently, the appeal stands dismissed. (G.S. SARRAF), J.