JUDGMENT

1. The above two claim applications have been filed by Sirla Kumari and her two brothers under Section 16 of Railway Claims Tribunal Act , 1987 read with Sections 123(c)(2), 124A and 125 of Indian Railways Act , 1989 claiming compensation of Rs.8,00,000/- each with interest for the death of their mother Anantha Lakshmi (in OA II (U) No.13/2024) and father Addala Venkat Rao, (in OA II (U) No.14/2024) (hereinafter referred to as deceased persons) in an alleged untoward incident that occurred on 27.3.2023. As the applicants in each of these two cases are similar and the cause of action also arose from the same incident, the applications have been clubbed together for the sake of convenience.

2. The case of the applicant is that on 27.3.2023 evening at about 16.30 hrs the deceased persons came to Lingampalli railway station with a view to go back to their native place. They were having reserved journey ticket bearing PNR No.455-7934743 for train No.17256 Narasapur Express with Berth Nos.S5-36, S6-15 from Lingampalli to Narasapur. Upon enquiry, they were told that said train would start from Platform No.2, and hence with a view to go to Platform No.2 from Platform No.1, they bei