JUDGMENT :

1. Aggrieved by the order dated 07.03.2009 in M.V.O.P. No.440 of 2005 passed by the Chairman, Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal-cum-District Judge, Nellore, the claimants filed M.A.C.M.A. No.1822 of 2014, whereas the respondent-A.P.S.R.T.C., represented by its Managing Director, Musheerabad, Hyderabad, has filed M.A.C.M.A. No.566 of 2022. As both appeals arise out of the orders passed in M.V.O.P. No.440 of 2005, both appeals are disposed of by common Judgment.

2. For the sake of convenience, hereinafter, the parties will be referred to as per their rankings in the M.V.O.P. as claimants and respondents.

3. The claimants have filed a claim petition under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, claiming compensation of Rs.9,50,000/- for the death of Kalluru Venkata Reddy alias Venkateswara Reddy, who died in the accident. The said Kalluru Venkata Reddy alias Venkateswara Reddy will hereinafter be referred to as 'the deceased’.

4. The claimant's case is that on 12.02.2005 at about 7.30 PM, the deceased and one Penchalaiah were proceeding from Kanisiripalem by walk towards