JUDGMENT :

1. This appeal is preferred by the Appellants/claimants, challenging the award dated 16.10.2015 passed in M.V.O.P.No.135/2012 on the file of Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal-cum-II Addl.District Judge, Parvathipuram, wherein the Tribunal while partly allowing the petition, awarded compensation of Rs.1,29,800/-with interest @ 7.5% p.a. from the date of petition, till the date of deposit to the petitioners/claimants, for the injuries sustained by Tallapudi Murali, in a motor vehicle accident.

2. For the sake of convenience, the parties are arrayed as parties before the tribunal.

3. As seen from the record, originally the petitioners filed an application U/s.166 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (for brevity “the Act”) claiming compensation of Rs.15,00,000/-on account of the injuries sustained by Tallapudi Murali, who is the husband of the 2nd petitioner, father of the petitioners No.3 and 4 and son of the 5th petitioner, in a motor vehicle accident that occurred on 04.09.2011.

4. The facts show that the 1st petitioner Tallapudi Murali is aged 39 years, working as mason and earning Rs.300/-per day. On 04.09.2011 when the 1st petitioner was going on cycle by sitting on the carrier