FAO No. 5306 of 2010 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH FAO No. 5306 of 2010 (O&M) Date of decision: 11.11.2010 Girraj .. Appellant v. Union of India and others .. Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr. Namit Sharma, 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 ` 3,50,000/- coming to the share of the appellant, ` 3,00,000/- have been directed to be deposited in a bank in FDR for a period of two years. Learned counsel for the appellant 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. For the view I am taking, I do not deem it appropriate to issue notice to the respondents, as the same would unnecessarily delay the proceedings of the present appeal, as no relief as such has been claimed against the respondents. After hearing learned counsel for the appellant, in my opinion, the direction of the Tribunal for deposit of ` 3,00,000/- out of ` 3,50,000/- payable to the appellant on account of death of her son in fixed deposit is liable to be set aside. A direction is issued that the aforesaid amount of ` 3,00,000/- along with interest, which is lying in bank, be released to the appellant, at his option any FAO No. 5306 of 2010 [2] time. The appeal stands disposed of in the manner indicated above. ( Rajesh Bindal ) Judge 11.11.2010 mk