On a petition for claim of compensation having been filed by the respondent, father of the deceased, under the Workmen's Compensation Act, before the learned Commissioner for Workmen 's Compensation, Jabalpur, the learned Commissioner after trial of the case found that the deceased was a workman who died due to personal injuries caused to him by an accident arising out of and in the course of his employment and held the employer liable to pay compensation and determined the amount of compensation in accordance with the provisions for workmen's compensation as Rs.30,000/- with interest at the rate of 6% P.G .from the date of accident and directed the same to be paid to the dependants of the deceased.

Being aggrieved by the impugned order awarding compensation, the employer has filed this appeal.

The learned counsel for the appellant-employer has submitted that the learned Commissioner has wrongly held the deceased to be a workman. It has been submitted that the deceased Shaiful Haque who was working as Traffic Incharge inside the mines, died in the course of employment on 4.9.83 and" as per the definition of "workman" under the Workmen's Compensation Act 1923 a workman is any