IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE VAKITI RAMAKRISHNA REDDY CIVIL MISCELLANEOUS APPEAL No.318 OF 2022 Date: 08.04.2026 Between Ravi and another … Appellants AND Union of India, Rep. by its General Manager, South Central Railway, Secunderabad. … Respondent

JUDGMENT

This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is directed against the order dated 08/03/2019 passed in OA II (U) No.180/2015 by the learned Railway Claims Tribunal, Secunderabad. By the said order, the learned Tribunal dismissed, the application filed by the appellants under section 124-A of the Railways Act, 1989, wherein they had sought compensation of Rs.10,00,000/- together with interest and costs, from the South-Central Railways, Secunderabad, on account of for the death of Sri U. Balaji (hereinafter referred to as ‘the deceased’) in an untoward incident that occurred on 23.05.2015.

2. For the sake of the clarity and convenience, the parties hereinafter shall be referred to as per their status before the Tribunal.

I. BRIEF FACTS:

3. The case of the applicant Nos.1 and 2, who are the parents of U. Balaji is that, on 23.05.2015 the deceased intended to travel Nagarur to attend a family func