Advocates:
['A K SRIVASTAVA', '', 'VIPUL KUMAR', 'MRITUNJAYA']

A.F.R.

Court No. - 6

Case :- FIRST APPEAL FROM ORDER No. - 103 of 2001

Appellant :- E.S.I.Corp. Kanpur

Respondent :- Jagdish Prasad

Counsel for Appellant :- A.K.Srivastava

Counsel for Respondent :- M.Jain,Mritunjaya

Hon'ble J.J. Munir,J.

1.

This is an appeal by the Employees State Insurance

Corporation from a judgment and order of Mr. Rangnath

Pandey, the then Judge, Employees Insurance Court, Kanpur

Nagar, allowing the respondent’s appeal and accepting his

claim of 10% permanent disability.

2.

Jagdish Prasad, the sole respondent to this appeal, was

employed as a Piecer with the U.P. State Spinning Mills,

Raibareli. On 13.12.1995 at about 09:00 p.m., Jagdish Prasad

(hereinafter referred to as “the employee”) sustained an injury

to his left eye during the course of employment. Upon an

application made for reference of the employee’s case to the

Medical Board to assess the loss of earning capacity due to the

accident, the employee’s case was referred to the Medical

Board. The employee was examined by the Medical Board,

which was of opinion that the loss of vision was not related to

the employment injury and, therefore, did not award a