In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh … Civil Misc.No.18055-CII of 2007 and FAO No.3834 of 2007 Date of decision: 18.9.2007 Project Officer, Punjab State Forest Development Corporation ... Appellant Versus New India Insurance Company and others .Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr.Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr.P.S.Thiara,Advocate for the appellant. .. RAJESH BINDAL,J. This is an application for condonation of delay of 2 years and 61 days in filing the present appeal. The appeal arise out of an award of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, where the injured has been awarded a compensation of merely Rs.20,000/-. It is not in dispute that respondent-appellant had been appearing before the Tribunal. The only plea raised is that the award of the Tribunal was not brought to the notice of the head office to enable it to decide whether the appeal should be filed or not. Once it is admitted that the appellant was represented before the Tribunal, nothing lies in their mouth to plead that their head office was not in knowledge of the award. Further only a meager amount of Rs.20,000/- was awarded to the injured-claimant. Accordingly, I do not find any justification to condone delay of 2 years and 61 days in filing the appeal and the same is dismissed. Consequently, the appeal is also dismissed. September 18,2007 (Rajesh Bindal) nk Judge