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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD
VAKITI RAMAKRISHNA REDDY
Sajida Begum @ Sajida – Appellant
Versus
Union of India, Rep. by its General Manager, South Central Railway, Secunderabad – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Vakiti Ramakrishna Reddy, J.
This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is filed against the order dated 12/03/2019 passed in O.A.A. 175/2015 by the learned Railway Claims Tribunal Secunderabad, wherein the application filed by the applicants under section 124-A of the Railways Act, 1989, claiming compensation of Rs 10,00,000/- with interest and costs from the South-Central Railways, Secunderabad for the death of the deceased in an untoward incident that occurred on 22.04.2015, was dismissed.
2. For the sake of the clarity and convenience, the parties hereinafter shall be referred as per their status before the Tribunal.
I. BRIEF FACTS
3. The applicant Nos.1 to 4, who are the wife and children of Syed Baba (hereinafter referred to as ‘the deceased’) and are residents of Jahangirabad, Bandlaguda, Hyderabad. The deceased was working as a cook. On 21.04.2014 after informing his wife, the deceased went to Mahabubnagar for cooking work and stayed overnight at the house of his relative, by name, Syed Hussain. After completion of his work, while returning along with his relative i.e., Syed Hussain, in the morning hours of 22.04.2015, the deceased purchased a journey ticket from Mahabubnagar to
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