JUDGMENT :

G. JAYACHANDRAN, J.

Prayer: Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is filed under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, praying against the judgment and decree passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Chidambaram, in M.C.O.P. No. 172/2011 dated 25.09.2014.

1. Heard the Learned Counsel for the appellant.

2. This Appeal is filed by the Transport Corporation challenging the award passed against the Corporation by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal. The facts of the case is that, one V. Thirunarayanan, working as a Village Administrative Officer at Chidambaram, died in the road accident occurred on 12.07.2009, while he was riding his motorcycle near Madurantaga Nallur. The bus owned by the Transport Corporation coming from opposite direction dashed against him, in which, he died on the spot. Hence, claim petition was filed by his wife and children, seeking a sum of Rs. 15,00,000/- as compensation, claiming that at the time of his death, the deceased Thirunarayanan was earning a sum of Rs. 20,000/- per month and from his agricultural land and he was 55 years old hale and healthy at the time of death. His wife and two children sought for compensation, since, they were depending on