JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Civil Miscellaneous Appeal filed under Section 30 of Workman Compensation Act, 1923, against the order, dated 05.03.2012 made in W.C.No. 20 of 2009 on the file of the Commissioner of Workmen Compensation - Deputy Commissioner of Labour, Trichy.)

1. This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is filed against the award, dated 05.03.2012 made in W.C.No.20 of 2009 on the file of the Commissioner of Workmen Compensation - Deputy Commissioner of Labour, Trichy.

2. The appellant herein was the second respondent, the first respondent herein was the claimant and the respondents 2 and 3 were the respondents 1 and 3 in the original claim petition. The first respondent herein/claimant filed a petition in W.C.No.20 of 2009.

3. Brief substance of the petition in W.C.No.20 of 2009, is as follows:-

The petitioner was working as a Driver in a TATA Ace vehicle, bearing Registration No.TN-45-AK-6710, that belonged to the third respondent. On 25.12.2008, when the petitioner was on duty and was driving the vehicle along the Trichy - Thanjavur main road, near Ariyamangalam, a vehicle that came from the opposite direction, dashed against the TATA Ace vehicle and the petitioner sustained injuries and