FAO No.4966 of 2011 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH FAO No.4966 of 2011 (O&M) Date of Decision : 05.08.2011 Oriental Insurance Company Ltd. .......Appellant Versus Smt. Mukesh Devi and others .......Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JITENDRA CHAUHAN Present: Mr. Vinod Chaudhri, Advocate, for the appellant. **** JITENDRA CHAUHAN, J. (ORAL) CM No.18802-CII of 2011 CM is allowed. Delay of 35 days in filing the appeal is condoned. FAO No.4966 of 2011 The Oriental Insurance Company Limited is in appeal assailing the Award dated 28.02.2011, passed by the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Palwal, whereby an amount of `6,17,500/- along with 9% interest p.a. was awarded to the claimants on account of the death of Siri Chand, deceased. The only ground raised by the learned counsel for the appellant is that the learned Tribunal fell into error while assessing the income of the deceased, Siri Chand. It has been, inter alia, contended 1 FAO No.4966 of 2011 that the claimant failed to produce on record any cogent evidence to establish that the deceased was engaged in dairy farming. A perusal of the impugned Award would reveal that in order to prove the fact that the deceased was engaged in dairy farming, the claimants examined Yash Pal, PW2, Deputy Manager of the Bank, from which the deceased had raised a dairy loan and had been depositing installments to the tune of `24,000/- per annum. In view of the above, I am of the considered opinion that the claimants were successful in proving the factum of the deceased being engaged in the business of dairy farming in addition to his job in the H.S. Middle Public School, Gehlab. No other point has been agitated. Accordingly, the present appeal is devoid of any merit and the same is hereby dismissed in limine. ( JITENDRA CHAUHAN ) 05.08.2011 JUDGE atulsethi Note: Whether to be referred to reporter ? Yes/No 2