G.C.Garg, J.

1. Ram Dia died in a road accident which took place on 11.7.1997. In a claim petition under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act filed by the widow and four minor children of the deceased, seeking compensation for his death, Claims Tribunal on a consideration of the matter came to the conclusion that income of the deceased was Rs. 4,971/- per month and after spending 1/5th of this amount on himself, the deceased might have been contributing a sum of Rs. 4,000/- per month to the claimants. The Claims Tribunal, however, after observing that the claimants would be getting family pension of about Rs. 2,000/- per month, assessed the dependency of the appellants on the deceased at Rs. 2,000/- per month i.e. Rs. 24,000/- per annum. Claims Tribunal chose multiplier of 15 for computing the amount of compensation and thus awarded a compensation of Rs. 3,69,500/- including a sum of Rs. 2,000/- on account of funeral expenses, Rs. 5,000/- for loss of consortium and Rs. 2,500/- for loss of estate, by its award dated 31.7.1998 with interest. Hence this appeal at the instance of the claim ants seeking enhancement of compensation.

2. Learned counsel for the appellants submitte