FAO No.2702 of 2010 (O&M) - 1 - ***** IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH FAO No.2702 of 2010 (O&M) Date of decision:10.08.2010. Bhure Lal ...Appellant Versus Union of India ...Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR JAIN Present: Mr. Somesh Gupta, Advocate, for the appellant. ***** RAKESH KUMAR JAIN, J. This appeal is directed against the order dated 19.04.2010 passed by Railway Claims Tribunal, Chandigarh Bench, Chandigarh [for short “Tribunal”]. The learned Tribunal allowed the application of the claimant to the following effect: - “The claim application is allowed and an award for Rs.4,00,000/- (Rupees Four lacs only) along with interest @ 9% per annum from the date of filing this claim application i.e. 15.07.2008 till realization of the same is made in favour of the applicant and against the respondent railway. However, the amount of compensation payable FAO No.2702 of 2010 (O&M) - 2 - ***** to the applicant-awardee shall be kept in fixed deposit in his favour in some Nationalized Bank for a period of three years with liberty to him to withdraw quarterly interest thereon. As soon as the amount of compensation is received by the applicant-awardee, photocopy of the FOR as detailed above, shall be submitted before this Tribunal for information and record” The only grievance raised by learned counsel for the appellant is with regard to order of deposit of the amount of compensation in the fixed deposit. It is submitted that the appellant is major being 43 years of age and the compensation in his case cannot be ordered to be deposited in the fixed deposit. He relies upon a decision of this Court in the case of Rameshwar Lal and others Vs. Union of India through General Manager, Northern Railway, Baroda House, New Delhi in FAO No.1262 of 2010 decided on 11.05.2010. I have heard learned counsel for the appellant. The prayer made in this appeal is squarely covered with the aforesaid decision in the case of Rameshwar Lal and others V. Union of India (supra). Hence this appeal is allowed and order of the learned Tribunal is modified to the extent that the amount of compensation, which has been ordered to be deposited in the fixed deposit by the learned Tribunal, shall be released to the appellant forthwith. August 10, 2010 (RAKESH KUMAR JAIN) vinod* JUDGE