( 1 ) THIS appeal is filed by the Insurance company against the orders of the commissioner for Workmen s compensation, Nizamabad, dt. 31-10-1997 in W. C. No. 137 of 1997. The facts of the case are as follows:the workman, who is the first respondent in this appeal, was working as a Driver of the lorry bearing No. ADB 6219 and the second respondent herein is the owner of the said lorry. On 22-5-1996 while the applicant was driving the said lorry during the course of his employment and when it reached the outskirts of Khanapur village, a scooter bearing No. AP 25-8755 came in the opposite direction in a zig zag manner due to which the applicant confused and lost his control over the lorry due to which the lorry went off the road and fell in a ditch and as a result the driver of the lorry sustained grievous head injuries, injuries on his chest, back, waist and fracture of right hand wrist and multiple injuries on various parts of the body, that he was taken to Govt. Hospital, nizamabad where he was treated as an in- patient and he sustained permanent partial disability due to the accident and hence he filed the W. C. claiming an amount of rs. 2,50,000/- towards compensa