HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R.KANTHA RAO C.M.A.NO. 2301 OF 2000 JUDGMENT: This appeal is filed against the award and decree, dated 02.05.2000 passed in O.P.No.304 of 1999 by the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal-cum- District Judge, Ranga Reddy District. 2. Challenging the award by means of seeking enhancement of compensation, the appellants filed the instant appeal. 3. As against the claim of Rs.5 lakhs, the Tribunal awarded an amount of Rs.1,62,000/- as compensation. 4. I have heard Sri P.Prabhakara Rao, the learned counsel appearing for the appellants and Sri Ravishankar Jandhyala, learned counsel appearing for the respondent No.2. None appeared for the respondent No.1. 5. There is no dispute that the deceased Mettu Sivakoti Reddy @ S.K.R. Mathew died in a motor accident that occurred on07.10.1994. According to the appellants, the deceased worked in Military as Lance Naik. According to Ex.A.5 salary slip, the net salary of the deceased was Rs.1,016/-. The learned Tribunal did not take into consideration the future prospectus of the deceased despite the fact that he is in Government service and has stable job. As per judgment in SARALA VERMA AND OTHERS v DELHI TRANSPORT CORPORATION AND ANOTHER an addition of 50% of the actual salary can be made towards future prospectus of the deceased, then the monthly income comes to Rs.1016/- + Rs.508/- = Rs.1524/- and the annual income would be Rs.18,288/-. Out of this amount, 1/3rd has to be deducted towards personal and living expenses of the deceased which comes to Rs.6,096/- and the contribution to the family comes to Rs.12,192/-. The relevant multiplier as per the above mentioned judgment of the Apex Court is 16. To arrive at the loss of dependency, the above amount has to be capitalized with 16, which comes to Rs.12,192 x 16 = Rs.1,95,072/-. In addition to the said amount, the first appellant is entitled for an amount of Rs.10,000/- towards loss of consortium and all the appellants are entitled for an amount of Rs.5,000/- towards funeral expenses and Rs.5,000/- towards loss of estate. Therefore, the appellants are entitled to total compensation of Rs.2,15,072/-. The enhancement in compensation would be Rs.2,15,072/- minus Rs.1,82,000/- = Rs.33,072/-. However, the interest granted by the Tribunal at the rate of 12% per annum is on higher side and it is reduced to 7.5% per annum from the date of petition till the date of realization. The enhanced amount of compensation shall bear interest at the rate of 6% per annum from the date of petition till the date of realization. 6. In the result, the appeal is partly allowed without any order as to costs. _______________ R. KANTHA RAO, J Date: 26.11.2009 kvrm HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R.KANTHA RAO C.M.A.NO. 2301 OF 2000 DATED: 26.11.2009