JUDGMENT :

These two appeals are being disposed of by this common judgment, as they arise out of the same accident.

2. M.A.C.M.A.No.3632 of 2005 is preferred by the claimants and whereas the M.A.C.M.A.No.664 of 2006 is preferred by the United Insurance Company Limited, aggrieved by the Judgment and Decree dated 14.06.2005 in M.V.O.P.No.332 of 2000 on the file of the Chairman, Motor Accident Claims Tribunal-cum-I Additional District Judge, Ongole, (for short ‘the Tribunal’).

3. For the sake of convenience, the parties are hereinafter referred to, as they were arrayed before the Tribunal in the original petition.

4. The original petition was filed by the parents of deceased Mukkari Chinna Jayanna who was aged about 20 years seeking compensation of Rs.2,54,000/- for the death of their son in a road accident that occurred on 24.02.2000. The deceased Mukkari Chinna Jayanna was working as a Supervisor in slate industry and earning Rs.3,000/- per month. On 24.02.2000, while the deceased Mukkari Chinna Jayanna was going to his work place at Rayavaram on a tractor and trailer bearing No. AP27 C