JUDGMENT :

B.V.L.N. CHAKRAVARTHI, J.

1. The appeal in MACMA No. 623/2019 is preferred by the Appellant/APSRTC, challenging the award dated 28.03.2019 passed in M.V.O.P. No. 527/2015 on the file of Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal-cum-I Addl. District Judge, Kurnool, wherein the Tribunal while partly allowing the petition, awarded compensation of Rs. 7,45,000/- with interest @ 9% p.a. from the date of petition, till the date of realisation to the petitioners/claimants, for the death of S. Anand, in a motor vehicle accident.

2. The appeal in MACMA No. 334/2021 is preferred by the Appellants/claimants, challenging the award dated 28.03.2019 passed in M.V.O.P. No. 527/2015 on the file of Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal-cum-I Addl. District Judge, Kurnool, wherein the Tribunal while partly allowing the petition, awarded compensation of Rs. 7,45,000/- with interest @ 9% p.a. from the date of petition, till the date of realisation to the petitioners/claimants, for the death of S. Anand, in a motor vehicle accident.

3. For the sake of convenience, the parties are arrayed as parties in the lower Court.

4. As seen from the record, originally the petitioners filed an application U/s. 166 of Motor V