1. This is an appeal by opposite party No. 2 against the order of the Workman's Compensation Commissioner directing the payment by the appellant of a sum of Rs. 3,600/- as compensation under S.3 of the Workmen's Compensation Act to the applicant. The applicant's son Narayanan died on 12-7-1967 as a result of injury sustained by him by accident while employed at a quarry near Mulloorkara. The appellant had entered into a contract to supply certain quantity of metal (granite stones) to the Southern Railway. The opposite party No.1 had in turn entered into an agreement with the appellant to supply the required quantity of metal at a specified rate. He had engaged the deceased Narayanan as a cooly to quarry the metal from a quarry at Mulloorkara. It was while he was working there that he met with the accident and died. The applicant who is the father of the deceased made a claim before the Commissioner for Workmen's Compensation against the opposite party No.1 as well as the appellant. He alleged that the deceased Narayanan met with the accident and died while he was working for opposite parties Nos.1 and 2 therefore both of them are liable to pay the compensation under the