( 1 ) THIS Appeal is filed by the claimant having been aggrieved by the award passed by the Commissioner for workmen s Compensation-cum-Assistant commissioner of Labour, Circle-I, Guntur, in W. C. Case No. 155 of 1994.

( 2 ) IT is the case of the claimant that he is a lorry cleaner and that during the course of his employment under the 1st respondent, on 1-7-1993 at about 3. 00 a. m. , while he was going as Cleaner on Lorry bearing no. AP-02-V-0990 with a load of poultry feed, an accident took place near Kallur bypass road within the limits of Kallur police Station, as a result of which, he fractured his right leg below the knee joint and right collar bone. Further, the great toe and second toe of his left leg were amputated. Therefore, he claimed an amount of Rs. 1,10,685. 00 as compensation under the Workmen s Compensation Act.

( 3 ) DURING the course of enquiry, the claimant examined himself as A. W. I and the Doctor who treated him was examined as A. W. 2. Exs. A-1 to A-5 were marked. On behalf of the respondents, nobody was examined and the insurance policy was marked as Ex. R-1. On a consideration of the entire evidence on record, the learned commissioner held