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and Registrar’s

order with Signatures

A.O. No.389 of 2022

Hon’ble Alok Mahra, J.

Mr. D.C.S. Rawat, Advocate for the

appellant.

Mr. Jayvardhan Kandpal, Advocate

for respondent nos.2 & 3.

Ms. Babita Jalal, Advocate for

respondent no.4.

2. This Appeal from Order has been preferred by the appellant–Insurance Company assailing the judgment and award dated 27.07.2022, passed by the learned Employees’ Compensation Commissioner/Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chamoli, in E.C.A. No.11 of 2019, whereby the learned Commissioner has awarded compensation to the tune of

₹8,59,280/- in favour of the claimants.

3. The principal ground urged by the appellant is that the deceased workman, who was employed as a driver with respondent no.4 (employer/vehicle owner), was not holding a valid and effective driving licence on the date of the accident. It is contended that the driving licence of the deceased stood suspended for the period from 29.09.2018 to 28.12.2018 by the Regional Transport Officer, Rishikesh, and the fatal accident occurred on 31.10.2018, during the subsistence of the said suspension. According to the appellant,