PREM CHAND JAIN, J.

1. P. S. Bhalnagar has filed this appeal under Cl. 10 of the Letters Patent against the judgment of a learned single Judge of this Court, D/- 7.04.1976, by which his appeal (F. A. O. No. 203 of 1972) was dismissed.

2. The facts of the case may briefly be stated thus :

The appellant, who was posted as Chief Design Engineer of Bhakra and Beas Projects and B. R. Palta, the then General Manager of the Bhakra Control Board, were travelling in the Beas Project Car No. PNH-1424, which was proceeding from Nangal via Jullundur towards Talwara on 5.07.1967, when at about 4 P.M. the intersection of Jullundur by-pass G.T. Road and Hoshiarpur-Jullundur Road, there was collision between the said car and the Punjab Roadways Bus No. PNQ-906, which was proceeding towards Jullundur City from Jandu Singha and Bhakra. The car was driven by Sulakhan Singh and Kashmira Singh peon was sitting on the front seat while P. S. Bhatnagar and B. R. Palta were sitting on the rear seat. As a result of the accident all the occupants of the car sustained injuries. The bus was driven by Shankar Singh driver. Both P. S. Bhatnagar and B. R. Palta received serious injuries in the accident an