FAO No. 3857 of 2010 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH F.A.O. No. 3857 of 2010 (O&M) Date of decision: 19.1.2011 Subhash Chand Sehgal and another .. Appellants v. Union of India ..Respondent. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr. Sandeep Goyal, Advocate for the appellants. ... Rajesh Bindal J. Prayer in the present appeal is for setting aside the direction of Railway Claims Tribunal, Chandigarh Bench, Chandigarh (for short, `the Tribunal'), whereby out of ` 4,00,000/- coming to the share of the appellants, 50% has been directed to be deposited in a bank in FDR for a period of three years. For the view I am taking, I do not deem it appropriate to issue notice to the respondent, as the same would unnecessarily delay the proceedings of the present appeal, as no relief as such has been claimed against the respondents. Learned counsel for the appellants submitted that the aforesaid direction of the Tribunal is contrary to the law laid down by Hon'ble the Supreme Court in H. S.Ahammed Hussain v. Irfan Ahammed, 2002(3) RCR (Civil) 563 and this Court in FAO No. 1262 of 2010—Rameshwar Lal and others v. Union of India, decided on 11.5.2010, wherein it has been opined that the amount payable to an adult cannot be directed to be deposited in a fixed deposit. After hearing learned counsel for the appellants, in my opinion, the direction of the Tribunal for deposit of 50% out of ` 4,00,000/- payable FAO No. 3857 of 2010 [2] to the appellants on account of death of their son in fixed deposit is liable to be set aside. A direction is issued that the amount along with interest, which is lying in bank, be released to the appellants, at their option any time. The appeal stands disposed of in the manner indicated above. ( Rajesh Bindal ) Judge 19.1.2011 mk