Nagendra Rai, J.

1. The appellant, a Government of India undertaking, has filed the present appeal against the order dated March 18, 1983 passed by the Presiding Officer, Labour Court, Bokaro Steel City (Commissioner under the Workmens Compensation Act) by which he allowed the claim of Rs. 21,000.00 (twenty-one thousand) with penalty of 50 per cent, i.e., Rs. 10,500.00 (ten thousand five hundred) and interest on the compensation amount at the rate of 6 per cent per annum from the date of accident till the date of realisation.

2. The applicant-respondent is the widow of the deceased Ali Ahmad who was employed as driver under Bokaro Steel City Ltd., in slag granulation plant. While he was on duty he died on June 30, 1979. The respondent filed an application under Sec. 3 of the Workmens Compensation Act (hereinafter to be referred to as the Act) staling, inter alia, that her husband died on June 30, 1979 in a fatal accident while he was employed as driver in the slag granulation plant, Bokaro Steel City Ltd., Dhanbad. At the relevant time he was getting basic salary of Rs. 330.00 and she is a legal heir of the deceased and entitled to get compensation amount of Rs. 21,000.00 a