By the Court.—All the appeals filed by different appellants under Section 173 of Motor Vehicle Act, 1988, against the common judgment and order dated 30.8.1995, passed by the Motor Accident Claim Tribunal, Faizabad, in Claim Petition No. 133 of 1993.

2. The brief facts of the case are that on 30.9.1998, Sri Chhabi Nath Padney, husband and father of the claimants was going by an official car from Raebareli to Lucknow, from where he was supposed to fly to Geneva via New Delhi to attend a meeting. He was working as Additional General Manager in Indian Telephone Industries Ltd., Raebareli (in short, “ITI”). He was aged about 48 years. On the date of accident, he was going from Raebareli to Lucknow Airport in an official Ambassador Car No. UGB 4040. When the car reached near Microwave Station on Raebareli Lucknow road, about 8.00 p.m., it has collied with one loaded truck of iron rods. The car was driven by Sri Pratap Singh, who was holding a valid driving license and was an employee of the ITI. Sri Chhabi Nath Pandey was taken to Balrampur Hospital and K.G.M.C. Lucknow, lastly, to Sanjai Gandhi Post Graduate Institute, Lucknow, where after seven days, he died. The appellants-cl