1. The above Civil Miscellaneous Appeal has been filed by the appellant/petitioner against the Award and Decree, dated 29.12.2008, made in M.C.O.P.No.96 of 2006, on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Chief Judicial Magistrate Court, Vellore, awarding a compensation of Rs.51,000/- with 7.5% interest per annum, from the date of filing petition till the date of payment of compensation.

2. Aggrieved by the said Award and Decree, the appellant/petitioner has filed the above appeal praying for additional compensation of Rs.60,000/-.

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

The petitioner was working as a technician in a private company at Ranipet and was earning a monthly income of Rs.5,000/-. On 14.03.2006, at about 3.30 p.m. when the petitioner was travelling in a two wheeler bearing registration No.TN 7994, on the extreme left side of the Kancheepuram to Arakkonam road and when he was nearing Govindavadi, the auto bearing registration No.TN21 F8112, which was driven by its driver in a rash and negligent manner, hit against the two wheeler. Due to the collision, the petitioner sustained grievious injuries on his head and all over his body. He was immedi