1. - This misc. appeal under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (hereinafter Rs. the Act') has been filed against the judgment dated 1-8-2005 passed by the learned Additional District Judge (Fast Tack)No. 2 Sikar (hereinafter Rs. the Tribunal') in Claim Case No. 271/2005 awarding to claimants therein, now respondents before this court (hereinafter Rs. the claimants') the compensation of Rs. 5,65,000/- along with interest at the rate of 7.5% p.a. from the date of application for claim on account of death of one Lal Chand till the date of payment.

2. The facts of the case are that the claimants filed a claim petition under Section 166 of the Act before the Tribunal on 6-10-2003 against the Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation (hereinafter 'the RSRTC') the appellant owner of the bus and its driver Rewant Singh claiming compensation for an amount of Rs. 30,45,000/- on account of loss suffered due to the death of Lal Chand occasioned in an accident on 25-8-2003. It was alleged in the claim petition that at the time of accident the deceased Lal Chand was going towards the factory where he worked when the bus of RSRTC with registration No. RJ-01/P-4067 driven rashly