( 1 ) THIS civil miscellaneous appeal arises against the common judgment in O. P. Nos. 230 and 232 of 1975 on the file of the court of the Motor Vehicles Accidents Claims Tribunal (First Additional District Judge), Guntur. The appellant herein is Srisailam Devasthanam, hereinafter called "the Devasthanam", the first respondent in O. P. N. 230 of 1975. The lower tribunal awarded compensation to the petitioners in O. P. No. 230 of 1975 in a total sum of Rs. 16,600. The Devasthanam filed the above appeal against the award limiting the liability of the insurance company, hereinafter called "the company", viz. , the second respondent in the said O. P. , for a sum of Rs. 5,000.

( 2 ) THE petitioners in O. P. No. 230 of 1975 laid their claim for a sum of Rs. 53,000 on various counts. As the lower tribunal granted only Rs. 16,600, dissatisfied thereby, they filed cross-objections for the balance amount of Rs. 36,400.

( 3 ) IN this appeal, the Devasthanam impleaded the company as respondent No. 5 contending that the company has to bear the entire liability of Rs. 16,600 on the ground that the vehicle was insured with third party risks and that the company has undertaken to rei