THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM S.A.No. 350 of 2011 (S.A.Sr.No. 10923 of 2011) Dated: 08-04-2011 Between: The A.P.E.P.D.C.L. represented by The Assistant Engineer (Operation), A.P.E.P.D.C.L., Alamuru, East Godavari District and others. …Appellants Vs. Karra Ananth Lakshmi and others. …Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM S.A.No. 350 of 2011 (S.A.Sr.No. 10923 of 2011) ORAL JUDGMENT: This appeal by the Andhra Pradesh Eastern Power Distribution Company Limited, an instrumentality of the State, is directed against the judgment and decree dated 16-06-2010 of the learned Principal District Judge, East Godavari at Rajahmundry in A.S.No. 179 of 2008 partly allowing the appeal against the judgment and decree dated 12-10-2007 of the Court of the learned Senior Civil Judge, Ramachandrapuram in O.S.No. 16 of 2006. The respondents are the legal representatives of one late Karra Veerababu, who died on account of electrocution on 14-04-2005 while he was attending the work as an agricultural coolly in the fields of Saladi Chandra Rao. The electrocution occurred on account of the snapping of L.T. Connector and the falling of the connector on the deceased. The trial and appellate Courts concurred, on independent evaluation of the oral evidence on record that the death occurred on account of the negligence of the appellant herein. The trial Court awarded compensation of Rs.3,00,000-00 (Rupees three lakhs only). In the appeal by the appellant herein, the lower appellate Court modified the quantum of compensation to Rs.2,60,000-00 (Rupees two lakhs sixty thousand only) on the ground that the income of the deceased should be taken as Rs.2,500-00 per month since he was an agricultural coolly and that was the wage in that part of East Godavari District; that on that basis the annual income would come to Rs.30,000-00 (Rupees Thirty thousand only) of which 1/3rd is deducted towards his personal expenses and the balance Rs.20,000-00 (Rupees Twenty thousand only) is taken as the amount contributed to his family. Having regard to the age of the deceased, the lower appellate Court adopted multiplier ‘13’ as per the schedule of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 to arrive at future loss of contribution and arrived at Rs.2,60,000-00 which was awarded as compensation with interest at 6% per annum from the date of suit till the date of payment. This Court finds no question of law, let alone a substantial question of law falling for consideration in this second appeal, against the concurrent findings of the Courts below with regard to the cause of death of the deceased on account of the negligence on the part of the appellant herein nor any error either in the application of law or exercise of discretion by the lower appellate Court in arriving at the quantum of compensation. The second appeal is misconceived and is accordingly dismissed at the stage of admission. No costs. JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM Dated:08-04-2011 Pvks/*