ELIPE DHARMA RAO, J.

( 1 ) THE Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation filed this appeal against the judgment and decree dated 24-10-1991 in O. P. No. 53/1990 on the file of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal (District Judge), Guntur, granting an amount of Rs. 75,600/- by way of compensation to the petitioners/ respondents, who are dependents of the deceased Burri Ramu.

( 2 ) THE brief facts of the case are that on 30-12-1989 at about 9 A. M. while the deceased Burri Ramu and his friend were going on Luna AHK 2805 to vijayawada, the driver of the RTC bus bearing No. AEZ 5368 drove the same in a rash and negligent manner with high speed coming from Vijayawada and dashed against the Luna of the deceased near Dolas Nagar on National highway No. 5 i. e. , Guntur to Vijayawada road, due to which the deceased burri Ramu sustained multiple injuries and died and his friend sustained injuries. The death of the deceased occurred on the spot. The SHO, Tadepalli p. S. registered a case in Cr. No. 195/1989. It was stated in the petition that the deceased, who was aged aboutso years, was earning Rs. 1500/- per month at the time of the accident. Therefore, for the untimely death of their

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