LPA No. 812 of 2011 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh. LPA No. 812 of 2011 (O&M) Date of Decision: 20.10.2011 Suman and others ....Appellants Versus State of Haryana and others ....Respondents. Coram:- Hon'ble Mr. Justice Permod Kohli Hon'ble Mr. Justice Tejinder Singh Dhindsa Present: Mr. Surinder Gandhi, Advocate for the appellants. Mr. Aman Chaudhary, Addl. A.G., Haryana for respondent No.1. Mr.B.S. Rana, Advocate Mr. N.K. Malhotra, Advocate ... Permod Kohli, J.(Oral) This Letters Patent Appeal arises out of the judgement dated 21.2.2011 passed by learned Single Judge in CWP No.4292 of 2010. Facts leading to the filing of the present appeal may be noticed hereinafter. The appellants are legal heirs of Samar Singh, who was electrocuted on 22.4.2007 while standing near 11 KV transformer at village Sunarian Kalan. He was taken to PGIMS, Rohtak, where he died. An FIR LPA No. 812 of 2011 2 under Sections 337 and 304-A IPC was registered in respect of the incident. Appellants initially filed a civil suit at Rohtak, which was later on withdrawn and civil writ petition, referred to hereinabove, was filed before this Court, claiming compensation of Rs.25 lacs. The learned Single Judge on consideration of various factors, including the age of the deceased and his income, awarded an amount of Rs.5 lacs in lump-sum without interest. The appellants before us have challenged the findings of the learned Single Judge. It is contended that even on the basis of assessment made by the learned Single Judge whereby multiplier of 15 has been applied, the amount payable to the appellants comes to Rs.6.84 lacs and the appellants are also entitled to interest thereon. We have perused the impugned judgement. Income of the deceased has been assessed at Rs.3800/- per month, excluding dependency. The age of the deceased has been established as 34 years. The multiplier of 15 has been applied. It is true that by applying the multiplier of 15 on the assessed income, the amount calculated by the appellants is correct. However, the learned Single Judge granted lump-sum amount of Rs.5 lacs as the payment is to be made in one go. We do not find that there is any infirmity in assessing the amount payable. However, we find that no reason has been given for denying the interest component on the awarded amount. In view of the above circumstances, this appeal is partially allowed. While maintaining the lump-sum amount of Rs.5 lacs awarded by the learned Single Judge, we direct the payment of interest @ 6% from the date of filing of the writ petition till the amount is actually paid. Let the LPA No. 812 of 2011 3 amount of interest be calculated and released to the appellants within a period of three months from today. Writ petition stands disposed of. ( Permod Kohli ) Judge (Tejinder Singh Dhindsa) 20.10.2011 Judge sk.