IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE K.C.BHANU CIVIL MISCELLANEOUS APPEAL NO.1033 OF 2008 Date:27.08.2011 Between : M.Veera Kumari and others ... Appellants/Applicants A N D The Union of India, rep.by General Manager, South Central Railway, Secunderabad. …Respondent/Respondent JUDGMENT: This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal, is directed against the order, dated 21.06.2006, in O.A.A.No.295 of 2001, on the file of the Railway Claims Tribunal, Secunderabad Bench, Secunderabad for not granting interest on the compensation amount of Rs.4 lakhs awarded by the Tribunal from the date of application till the date of Award. 2. The Original Application was filed in the year 2001 and the impugned order was passed on 21.06.2006. It is not the case of the applicants that they were reporting ready in the Original Application before the Tribunal and that the respondent had taken time for proceeding further with the case. Therefore, for the lapses on the part of the applicants, they cannot derive any advantage. If no latches are attributable to applicants, certainly they are entitled to reasonable interest on the award amount. Therefore, the applicants are not entitled to interest from the date of petition till the date of Award. There are no grounds to interfere with the impugned order and the appeal is liable to be dismissed. 3. Accordingly, the Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. _______________ K.C. BHANU, J AUGUST 27, 2011 AMD THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE K.C.BHANU C.M.A.No.1033 of 2008. Date:27.08.2011 AMD