JUDGMENT :

B.R. Madhusudhan Rao, J.

1. This memorandum of Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is filed under Section 173 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (for short, ‘the MV Act’) assailing the award passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (IV Additional District Judge) (Fast Track Court) at Nizamabad (for short, ‘the Tribunal’) in MVOP No.1411 of 2001 dated 08.12.2005.

2. Appellant is the petitioner and respondents are the respondents before the Tribunal.

3. Appellant - petitioner has filed petition under Section 166 (i)(a) of the MV Act read with Rule 455 of ANDHRA PRADESH MOTOR VEHICLES RULES , 1989 claiming compensation of Rs.3,00,000/- with interest at the rate of 24% per annum in a motor vehicle accident caused on 01.08.2001.

4.1 On 01.08.2001 at about 11.30 a.m. while the appellant - petitioner was traveling on a motorcycle bearing No.AP-25-A-575 as a pillion rider from Degloor towards Nizamabad side and another person by name Sayed Mazhar Hashmi was driving the said motorcycle on the side of the road cautiously, when they reached in front of Taj Dhaba Hotel, Arsapally Sivar, Nizamabad on Bodhan to Nizamabad road, at the same time a tempo trax bearing No.AP-28-C-9590 drove by its driv