C. Y. SOMAYAJULU, J.

( 1 ) SINCE these two appeals arise out of the same accident they are being disposed of by a common judgment.

( 2 ) ALLEGING that their son Krishnaiah, hereinafter referred to as the deceased , who was employed by one R. Balakrishna reddy on his truck bearing No. AP 11-V 7326 as a driver on a monthly salary of rs. 4,000 died due to an accident that occurred on 27. 11. 2001 at about 2 a. m. , out of and during the course of his employment with the said Balakrishna Reddy. V. Balram and Laxmamma, parents of the deceased filed W. C. No. 40 of 2002 before the Commissioner for Workmen s Compensation and Assistant Commissioner of Labour- iii, Hyderabad seeking compensation of rs. 5,00,000 on the basis that the deceased was aged about 19 years at the time of his death. Balakrishna Reddy, the employer of the deceased ( the employer ) admitted his employing the deceased with him and also the accident. United India Insurance Co. Ltd. ( the insurer ) filed its counter denying the allegations in the claim petition and putting the claimants to proof of the averments in the petition. The father of the deceased examined himself as AW 1 and marked Exhs. A-1 to A-6. The employe

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