1. The above Civil Miscellaneous Appeal has been filed by the appellant/petitioner against the Order dated 12.07.1999, made in W.C.No.163 of 1997, on the file of the Workmens Compensation Commissioner (Deputy Commissioner of Labour), Coimbatore, dismissing the claim of Rs.41,984/- made by the appellant/petitioner.

2. Aggrieved by the said Order, the appellant/petitioner has filed the above appeal praying to set aside the Order of the Workmens Compensation Commissioner, Coimbatore and to direct the respondent to pay a sum of Rs.41,984/- to the appellant, with interest at the rate of 12% per annum from the date of accident till the date of payment.

3. The short facts of the case are as follows:

The petitioner was employed as Masdoor in the Telecommunications Department, Coimbatore. On 26.07.1995, while the petitioner was engaged in doing his work, in the course of his employment, at the Telephone Board at Murugampalayam, which comes under the jurisdiction of the Sub-divisional Officer, Telecommunication Department (South), Tiruppur, he received electric shock, due to which he was thrown away. In the result, he sustained fracture on his right thigh bone. At the time of ac