1. This is employers appeal against an order of Assistant Labour Commissioner, Udhampur, with powers of Commissioner under the Workmens Compensation Act, 1923, hereinafter the Act, awarding a sum of Rs. 2,490/- i. e. Rs. 1, 260/- on account of compensation for permanent partial disability under section 4 of the Act, Rs. 630/-on account of compensation under section 4-A of the Act and Rs. f 300/- on account of cost in favour of the workman respondent.

2. The respondent brought an application against the appellant alleging that while he was working as a Mistry under him in his workshop at Salal, he fell from a height of 24 feet and thereby substained an injury resulting in the fracture of his right leg. He also enclosed with it a medical certificate as well as a Skia-gram showing fracture of his right femur. Notice of this application was given to the appellant who appeared and filed his objection on 19-4-1973 denying either that the respondent was his employee or that he had sustained any injury. During the proceedings, the appellant did not accept the Doctors opinion as contained in his certificate appended to the application showing 40 percent permanent residual disability and insi

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