JUDGMENT :

The appellants are the Claimants in M.V.O.P.No.491 of 2009 on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal-cum-III Additional District and Sessions Judge (FTC), Anantapur and the respondents are the respondents in the said case.

2. For the sake of convenience, both the parties in the appeal will be referred to as they are arrayed in the claim application.

3. The claimants filed a Claim Petition under sections 140 and 163-A of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 and Rule 455 of A.P. Motor Vehicle Rules 1989 against the respondents praying the Tribunal to award an amount of Rs.4,00,000/- towards compensation on account of death of deceased M.Shankar Reddy in a Motor Vehicle Accident occurred on 30.05.2009.

4. The brief averments of the petition are as follows :

On 30.05.2009 at about 6.00 a.m. when the deceased was proceeding along with milk can in the auto from his village to Anantapur and when the auto reached near Alamuru Kotha quarters, the driver of auto was proceeding slowly on extreme left side of the road, at that time, the driver of tractor and trailer bearing Nos.AP 02G 3922 and 3923 drove the same in a rash an negligent manner and dashed against the auto, resulting which the