JUDGMENT :

M.A.C.M.A.Nos.32 and 33 of 2022 have been filed by the appellant/A.P.S.R.T.C. seeking to set aside the order and decree passed in M.V.O.P.Nos.57 and 71 of 2017 on the file of the learned Chairman, Motor Vehicle Accidents Claims Tribunal-cum-III Additional District Judge, Bhimavaram, dated 30.7.2019.

2. Along with the appeals, the appellant filed I.A.No.1 of 2022 in both the appeals seeking to condone the delay of 730 days and 873 days respectively in preferring the appeals.

3. In I.A.No.1 of 2022 in M.A.C.M.A.No.32 of 2022, the petitioner is A.P.S.R.T.C./appellant and the respondent Nos.1 and 2 are the petitioners/claimants in M.V.O.P.No.57 of 2017.

4. In I.A.No.1 of 2022 in M.A.C.M.A.No.33 of 2022, the petitioner is A.P.S.R.T.C./appellant and the respondent Nos.1 to 3 are the petitioners/claimants in M.V.O.P.No.71 of 2017. The parties hereinafter will be referred to as arrayed in the MVOP.

Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner. Perused the material available on record.

5. Brief facts of the case are that:

(i) In the first case, the claimants filed M.V.O.P.No.57 of 2017 on the file of the learned Chairman, Motor Vehicle Accidents Claims Tribunal-cum-III Additional Distri