B. Chandra Kumar, J.

Since both these C.M.As i.e., C.M.A. No. 2664 of 2003 filed by the claimants seeking enhancement of compensation, and C.M.A.No. 2922 of 2003 filed by the A.P.S.R.T.C challenging awarding of compensation in favour of the claimants, arise out of the order dated 25-04-2003 made in O.P. No. 404 of 1997 by the Chairman, Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Nellore (Principal District Judge, Nellore) (hereinafter referred as ‘the Tribunal'), they are being disposed of by this common judgment.

2. The parties will be referred as they are arrayed before the Tribunal for the sake of convenience.

3. This case is yet another example, to show how a single incident destroys all the hopes and aspirations of a well settled family. The first claimant had lost her husband P. Surendra Reddy, who was aged about 29 years on the date of accident (hereinafter referred as `the deceased'). The first claimant was aged only 20 years and the second claimant was aged about four months on the date of accident. The third claimant is the father and the fourth claimant is the mother of the deceased. The deceased was working as Marine Engineer, who had obtained licence to work as Merchan