MOTILAL B. NAIK, J.

( 1 ) THIS appeal is filed by the A. P. State road Transport Corporation, represented by its Managing Director, Musheerabad, hyderabad assailing the award passed in m. V. O. P. No. 671 of 1996 dated 23-7-1999 by the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal-cum- i Additional District Judge, Guntur.

( 2 ) RESPONDENTS 1 to 4 herein are the legal heirs of the deceased - Patan Mahaboob, respondent No. 1 being his wife and respondents 2 to 4 being his minor children. The respondents-claimants filed m. V. O. P. No. 671 of 1996 on the file of the tribunal below claiming a total compensation of Rs. 4. 00 lakhs from the appellant herein on the ground that the deceased - Pathan Mahaboob died due to the rash and negligent driving of the a. P. S. R. T. C. bus by its driver. It is the case of the respondents-claimants before the tribunal below that the deceased was working as helper in P. W. D. Department workshop of Government of Andhra pradesh at Macherla. He was drawing a salary of Rs. 2,922/- per month and he was 44 years old at the time of the accident. On 2-9-1995 while the deceased was driving the jeep bearing registration No. AP 7u 990 at 4 about 12-30 a. m. from Macherla to s

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