IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH FAO No.1662 of 1992 (O&M) Date of decision:27.01.2011 Bachan Kaur and others ....Appellants versus Patiala Bus Highways Private Limited and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN ---- Present: None for the appellants. None for respondents 1 and 2. Mr. Ravinder Arora, Advocate, and Mr. Neeraj Khanna, Advocate, for respondent No.3. ---- 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) 1. The appeal is for enhancement of compensation for death of a bachelor, aged 26 years. He was a labourer on work charged basis with the Punjab State Electricity Board, drawing Rs.1,200/- per month. The Tribunal took the contribution to the family at Rs.500/-, adopted a multiplier of 14 and determined a compensation of Rs.84,000/-. The amount of compensation would have been slightly higher with the higher contribution to the family having regard to the fact that he was a work charged employee and his income was over Rs.1,000/- even in the year 1990. I will round off the compensation to Rs.1 lakh and the amount of FAO No.1662 of 1992 (O&M) - 2 - Rs.16,000/- in addition to what the Tribunal has determined, will attract interest at 6% from the date of petition till date of payment. The entitlement shall be only for the parents and the liability shall be in the same manner as determined by the Tribunal. 2. The appeal is allowed to the above terms. (K.KANNAN) JUDGE 27.01.2011 sanjeev