RAFIQ, J.—This appeal has been preferred by claimants aggrieved by award dated 26.09.1997 of learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Behror, Alwar, in MAC Case No.24/1994, by which learned Tribunal awarded compensation of Rs.3,75,000/- to them in a death claim.

2. Learned counsel for appellants has raised two fold arguments; one is that deceased at relevant point of time was 44 years of age and, as per judgment of the Supreme Court in Sarla Verma (Smt.) and Ors. vs. Delhi Transport Corporation and Anr. (2009) 6 SCC 121 = 2009(1) CCR 276 (SC) = 2009(4) RLW 2785 (SC), learned Tribunal should have applied multiplier of 14 instead of 8. Second contention is that according to that very judgment of the Supreme Court, appellants should have been granted benefit of future prospects because deceased was serving as Junior Engineer in erstwhile Rajasthan State Electricity Board and he had stable job and salaried income with prospects of increase by addition of increments and promotion as well as benefit of pay revisions and, therefore, 30% should be added to assessed monthly income of deceased on the head of future prospects

3. Learned counsel for respondents opposed appeal and argued that judg

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