N. VENKATACHALA, J.

( 1 ) THESE appeals, M. F. As. Nos. 300/88 and 301/88, are of the Employees' State Insurance corporation ("the Corporation") filed under Section 82 (2) of the Employees' state Insurance Act, 1948 ("the Act"), against the common order dated 21-9-1987 made in E. S. I. Appeals Nos. 12/86 and 6/86 respectively by the Employees' State Insurance court ("the ESI Court" ).

( 2 ) MATERIAL facts arethe respondent was a Spinner in a Cotton mill at Bangalore. He is an 'insured person' under the Act. He suffered an employment injury in his left foot on 23-1-1985. He obtained treatment for that injury in a E. S. I. Hospital and was away from work till that injury got healed up. He got temporary disablement benefit from the Corporation in that behalf, as provided for under the Act. Thereafter, on 30-10-1985, he made an application, to the Corporation seeking from it permanent disablement benefit pleading that he was entitled to such benefit under the Act respecting the injury which he had sustained. The Corporation referred that application to the Medical Board for assessing the disablement benefit payable to the respondent. The Medical Board took the view that the permanent d

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