JUDGMENT:

1. This appeal is preferred by the claimant, challenging the award dated 04.02.2015 passed in M.V.O.P.No.555/2012 on the file of Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal-cum-III Addl.District Judge, Guntur, (for short ‘the Tribunal’), wherein the Tribunal partly allowed the petition, awarded compensation of Rs.48,000/-with interest @ 7.5% p.a. from the date of petition, till the date of realisation for the injuries sustained by him 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, the petitioner filed the application U/s.163-A of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (for brevity “the Act”) claiming a compensation of Rs.1,50,000/-on account of the injuries and disability sustained by the petitioner in a motor vehicle accident that occurred on 10.02.2012.

4. The facts would show that the petitioner is resident of Reddytungala village of Gajuwaka Mandal, Visakhapatnam eking out his livelihood by doing welding work. On 08.02.2012 the petitioner came down to Mangalagiri to attend the marriage of his nephew and on 10.02.2012 at about 08.00 a.m., he boarded auto bearing No.AP 27 35V 3308, near Hai Land