IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK MACA No.937 of 2014 Rabindra Digal & another …. Appellants Mr. P.K. Mishra, Advocate -Versus- Ashiwini Kumar Kodamansingh & another …. Respondents Mr. G.P. Dutta, Advocate for O.P. No.2 CORAM: MR. JUSTICE R.K. PATTANAIK Order No. ORDER 17.04.2026 07. 1. Heard Mr. Mishra, learned counsel for the appellants and Mr. Dutta, learned counsel for respondent No.2. 2. None appears for opposite party No.1. 3. Instant appeal under Section 173 of M.V. Act is filed by the appellants challenging the impugned judgment dated 22nd August, 2014 passed in connection with MAC Case No.16/41 of 2013-2012 of the learned Additional District Judge-cum-3rd M.A.C.T., Phulbani to the extent and with regard to the compensation awarded on the grounds stated. 4. Mr. Mishra, learned counsel for the appellants would submit that the learned Tribunal fell into error while considering the wages as was amended in 2010 and fixed at Rs.8,000/- but instead applied Rs.4,000/- in the case of the respondents and calculated the compensation accordingly. It is submitted that the accident took place on 3rd November, 2012 and by that time, the amendment had already come into force and it was for the learned Tribunal to consider the monthly wage @ Rs.8000/- instead of Rs.4000/- and to that extent, the impugned decision is erroneous. Mr. Mishra, learned counsel for the appellants further submits that the compensation does not include the payment on the head of ‘General Damages’. 5. Recorded the submission of Mr. Dutta, learned counsel for respondent No.2. It is not denied by respondent No.2 that the wage limit was amended in 2010 and pegged at Rs.8000/- per month. 6. In view of the submissions of the learned counsel for the respective parties and as the wage limit was enhanced to Rs.8000/- per month, this Court reaches at the conclusion that the learned Tribunal committed a factual error in applying the same and hence, is to be corrected. The compensation as has been awarded by the learned Tribunal stands at Rs.4,22,340/- with interest @ 6% shall be paid from the date of application i.e. 16th November, 2012. But, in view of the error committed by the learned Tribunal in applying the wage limit enhanced on and from 2010 @ Rs.8000/- per month, the compensation for the reason stated above shall have to be reworked and accordingly assessed at Rs.6,50,000/- payable with interest. 7. Accordingly, it is ordered. 8. In the result, the appeal stands allowed. As a necessary corollary, the impugned judgment in MAC Case No.16/41 of 2013-2012 dated 22nd August, 2014 of the learned Additional District Judge-cum-3rd M.A.C.T., Phulbani is hereby modified with a direction to respondent No.2 to make payment of Rs.6,50,000/- including on the head of the ‘General Damages’ to the appellants with interest thereon @ 6% per annum as early as possible at least within a period of eight weeks payable from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Upon such deposit, it is further directed that the amount shall be released in favour of the appellants without delay in consonance with the award in MAC Case No.16/41 of 2013-2012. 9. Issue urgent certified copy as per rules. (R.K. Pattanaik) Judge Alok