JUDGMENT

The appellant/Transport Corporation has filed the present appeal seeking to set aside the order dated 27.12.2019 passed by the Commissioner for Employee's Compensation/Joint Commissioner of Labour, Salem in W.C.No.12 of 2019.

2. The brief facts of the case are as follows:

On 22.04.2015, one Mr.M.Venkatesan who was working as conductor in Rasipuram Depot belonging to the appellant/Transport Corporation, went to the Depot and stayed in the rest room provided therein, in order to join duty on 23.04.2015. While so, on 23.04.2015, at around 1.15 a.m., the said Venkatesan fell down from the staircase in the Depot, due to which, he had sustained severe injuries. Hence, immediately, he was taken to Rasipuram Government Hospital for treatment and from there, he was taken to Salem Government Hospital for further treatment where he was taking treatment as in-patient for nearly two months and in the end of June 2015, he was discharged from the Hospital. Thereafter, the said Venkatesan died on 12.08.2015. The respondent (wife of deceased Venkatesan) filed a claim petition in W.C.No.12 of 2019 before the Court of Commissioner for Workman's Compensation/Deputy Commissioner of Labour, Salem