HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED M.A.C.M.A.No. 2326 of 2005 DATED: 03.03.2011 Between : K. Tirumala Rao K. Jayalakshmi …APPELLANTs A N D 1. M/s.Sri Krishna Lorry Service 2. United India Insurance Co. Ltd. … RESPONDENTS JUDGMENT: This appeal is directed against the award dated 15.04.2004 passed in O.P. No. 47 of 2002 by the Principal Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Nellore, whereby the respondents were directed to pay a sum of Rs.1,00,000/- to the claimants together with interest at the rate of 9% per annum from the date of the petition till realization. When the matter is taken up for hearing, the learned counsel for the appellants-claimants has submitted that he has filed an application seeking amendment of the claim petition for enhancement of the compensation awarded by the Tribunal, for which he is relying on a judgment rendered by the Apex Court in Nagappa Vs. Gurudayal Singh and others[1] wherein it is held that according to Sections 168 and 169 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, amendment of claim petition for claiming enhanced compensation can be permitted either by the Tribunal or the appellate Court and there is no period of limitation for making an application for the claim and there will be no change of cause of action by seeking amendment. Having regard to the submission made by the learned counsel for the appellants and in view of the aforementioned judgment with regard to the amendment of the claim petition, this Court deems it appropriate to remand the matter to the Principal Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Nellore for assessment of reasonable compensation, by adducing necessary evidence. Accordingly, this appeal is disposed of. No order as to costs. _____________________ GHULAM MOHAMMED, J 3rd March, 2010 bcj [1] 2003(1) ALD (SC)