IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH F.A.O. No. 1523 of 1996 (O&M) Date of decision: 14.1.2010 State of Haryana and another .. Appellants v. Smt. Azad Kaur and others ..Respondents. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr. D. D. Gupta, Additional Advocate General, Haryana for the appellants. Mr. Mani Ram Verma, Advocate for respondents No. 1 to 4. Mr. Ravinder Arora, Advocate for the Oriental Insurance Co. ... Rajesh Bindal J. Challenge in the present appeal is to the award dated 5.1.1996, passed by the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Bhiwani, whereby on account of death of Ajit Singh, his widow, minor son and parents were awarded compensation of Rs. 3,84,000/-. The deceased was serving in the Army. The contention raised by learned counsel for the State was that income of the deceased was not taken correctly, which resulted in assessment of higher compensation than what the claimants deserved. Considering the fact that the accident took place way back on 28.3.1994; about 16 years have gone by; the deceased (28 years) was serving in the Army and he left behind widow, minor son and his parents, in my opinion, the impugned award does not call for any interference at this stage. Accordingly, the present appeal is dismissed. (Rajesh Bindal) Judge 14.1.2010 mk