JUDGMENT :

1. This appeal is preferred by the Appellants/claimants, challenging the award dated 21.06.2013 passed in M.V.O.P.No.782/2011 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.3,91,000/-with interest @ 6% p.a. from the date of petition, till the date of realisation to the petitioners/claimants, for the death of Bheemapalli Dalappadu, 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.5,00,000/-on account of the death of Bheemapalli Dalappadu, who is the husband of the 1st petitioner, father of the petitioners No.2 and 3 and son of the 4th petitioner, in a motor vehicle accident that occurred on 10.03.2011.

4. The facts show that on 10.03.2011 the deceased Bheemapalli Dalappadu started in tractor/trailer No. AP 35 V 4169 and AP 35 T 0138 from cashew garden to Burley Pond at Lidikivalasa in order to load the water into traile