Bhuvaneshwar Prasad, J.

1. This miscellaneous appeal by the petitioner/claimant has been filed under Sec. 110-D of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 (in short the Act), against the judgment dated 19-7-1985 and the decree signed on 29-7-1985 by Sri Bhagwan Prasad, the Additional District Judge-Cum-Additional Motor Accident Claim Tribunal, Dhanbad (In short the Claims Tribunal) in Title Suit No. 34 of 1976 awarding a compensation to him for a sum of Rs. 25,000 payable by respondent No. 2 (the National Insurance Co. Ltd.).

2. It appears that two suits, namely, Title Suit Nos. 18 and 24 of 1976 were heard any disposed of by the learned Tribunal on 19-7-1985 by a common judgment since the claim made in both the suits arose out of the same accident. In Title suit No. 24 of 1976, the present appellent is the petitioner/claimant. His case is that on 24-2-1976 he was employed as Khalasi in the services Satnarain Behani, the owner of Mini Bus bearing registration No. BRO 2133 known as Anand Travellers. On the said date, the Mini Bus met with an accident near village-Pupunld on Chas, Dhanbad road. As a result of this accident, the left hand of the petitioner was completely amputeted from n