JUDGMENT :

B.R. SARANGI, J.

This intra-Court appeal filed under Article 4 of the Orissa High Court Order 1948 read with Clause-10 of the Letters Patent against the order dated 08.05.2013 passed by the learned Single Judge in MACA No.231 of 2012, whereby compensation amount of Rs.5.38 lakhs awarded by the 1st Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Keonjhar in M.A.C. Case No.10 of 2006 has been modified and reduced to Rs.3.25 lakhs with interest @ 6% per annum from the date of filing of the claim application.

2. The appellants in this writ appeal were the respondents before the learned Single Judge. The appellants as claimants approached the 1st Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Keonjhar in M.A.C. Case No.10 of 2006 claiming compensation for death of one Prafulla Kumar Sahoo due to vehicular accident.

3. The factual matrix of the case in hand is that on 14.02.2005 at about 3.15 P.M deceased Prafulla Kumar Sahoo, while going from Barbil to Rugudi on N.H. 215 along with one Akshaya Kumar Pradhan by a motorcycle, at that point of time the offending vehicle, i.e., a Dumper bearing Registration no.OR-14K-3763, which was coming from his front side towards Barbil with a high speed being driven in a rash