P.K. PALLI, J.—All these Miscellaneous Petitions (CMPs. (M) No. 669 to 672 of 1997) are proposed to be disposed of by a common order. All these petitions are directed against the award given by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Nahan dated September 15, 1997.

2. The facts and the accident are not disputed. On analysis, the Tribunal has awarded an amount of less than Rs. 10,000 in each of these petitions on account of compensation for the injuries sustained by the applicants/claimants in the course of the accident. Liability has been fastened on Respondent Nos. 1 and 2 before the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, i.e. the owner as well as the driver of the offending bus, jointly and severally. Admittedly, the remedy of statutory appeal is barred when the amount of compensation is less than Rs. 10,000/

3. It is in this manner that challenge to the award has been made by the petitioner by way of petitions filed under Section 227 of the Constitution of India. Shri Kuldip Singh has referred to the covernote Ext. R-1, letter dated November 14, 1996 Ext. R-2, Draft dated November 23, 1996 Ext. R-6, letter dated November 26, 1996 Ext. R-8 and it is being urged that these documents h