HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL A.O. No. 672 of 2001(Defective) (Old No. 25/1986) Rattan Singh …………Petitioner Versus Prashadi Lal & others ………..Respondent Dated: 20.8.2004 Hon. Rajesh Tandon, J. File has been transferred from the Allahabad High Court. None appears for the parties. I have gone through the record of the case. Present appeal has been filed against the judgment and award dated 14.8.1985 passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal Dehradun. A claim petition has been filed by respondents for grant of compensation on account of death of Sri Ramesh in a motor vehicle accident on 1.8.1981 at 12.00 noon at Dehradun involving Truck No. UTL 8490 the petitioner have alleged that the accident had taken place due to rash and negligent driving by the truck driver. The opposite parties appellants have contested the petition. The Claims Tribunal has held that the accident had taken place due to rash negligent driving by the truck driver. The Claims Tribunal has awarded a sum of Rs.23,000/- as compensation to the claimants. I find no illegality or infirmity in the findings arrived at by the Claims Tribunal. The appeal is devoid of merits and is hereby dismissed. No order as to costs. (Rajesh Tandon, J.) 20.08.2004 *Dhyani