JUDGMENT :

Sureshwar Thakur, J.

The instant appeal arises from the impugned order of the learned Commissioner, under the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923, Bilaspur, District Bilaspur, H.P. ( for short the 'Commissioner’), whereby he allowed the application preferred thereat by the claimants/respondents No.1 and 2 wherein they claimed grant of compensation vis-a-vis them under the Workmen's Compensation Act (for short the 'Act’).

2. The claimants/respondents No.1 and 2 herein are successors-in-interest of deceased Chaterpal, whose demise occurred in an ill-fated accident involving truck bearing No. HP-24-5291, whereon he stood at the relevant time engaged as a cleaner by respondents No.3 and 4. They had instituted a petition before the Commissioner staking a claim therein for assessment of compensation under the Act qua them. The learned Commissioner on standing seized with the relevant evidence, pronounced an award wherein he assessed compensation in a sum of Rs.6,71,389/- along with interest @ 12% per annum vis-a-vis the claimants/respondents No.1 and 2 herein besides liability thereof stood fastened upon the insurance company. 141

3. The Insurance company-appellant herein standing ag