1. Aggrieved by the Award in OP No.2492 of 2006 passed by the M.A.C.T - cum - IV Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Hyderabad (for short the Tribunal) both claimants as well as APSRTC preferred MACMA Nos.2953 of 2009 and 1846 of 2010 respectively.

2. The factual matrix of the case is thus:
a) Claimants 1 to 4 are the wife and children of the deceased Basavaraj. On 25.08.2006 at about 7:30am when the deceased was boarding the APSRTC hired bus bearing No.AP 28 V 3557 which was stopped on the road, the driver of the said bus moved suddenly at high speed and in a rash and negligent manner. As a result, the deceased fell down and the front left wheel of the said bus ran over the left leg of the deceased. Immediately, the deceased was admitted in Remedy Hospitals, Kukatpally, Hyderabad and he succumbed to injuries on 24.09.2006 while undergoing treatment. It is averred that the accident was occurred due to rash and negligent driving by the driver of the offending RTC bus. It is pleaded that the deceased was working as Machine Operator in Nuclear Fuel Complex, ECIL and used to get a salary of Rs.15,000/- p.m and due to sudden demise of the deceased, the claimants lost their breadwinne