IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK MACA No.655 of 2025 Royal Sundaram Alliance Insurance Company Limited …. Appellant Mr. A.A. Khan, Advocate -versus- Sribanta Kumar Patra and another …. Respondents Mr. D. Patnaik, Advocate (for Respondent No.2) CORAM: JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR MISHRA Order No. ORDER 14.03.2026 03. This matter is taken up through hybrid mode in the 1st National Lok Adalat, 2026. 2. Learned Counsel for the parties file the Joint Compromise Petition indicating therein that parties have arrived at a compromise without any coercion and undue influence and settled the dispute/claim at Rs.18,00,000/- (Rupees eighteen lakhs) towards consolidated compensation as against the compensation awarded vide judgment dated 22.01.2025 passed in M.A.C. Case No.104 of 2015. The Joint Compromise Petition is taken on record. 3. Since parties are absent, on being asked, learned Counsel for the parties submit, they have executed the Joint Compromise Petition after taking consent from their respective clients. 4. The impugned Award is modified accordingly. As agreed between the parties, the amount, as indicated above, shall be p. 2 deposited by the Insurance Company before the Tribunal in shape of cheque within eight weeks hence. 5. On deposit of the said amount, the Tribunal shall resettle the amount in favour of Respondent No.1 (Claimant before the Court below in M.A.C. Case No.104 of 2015) in terms of the ratio fixed vide the impugned judgment. 6. Since the matter has been settled amicably, on filing of receipt before the Registry in proof of deposit of the compromised amount before the Tribunal, the statutory amount deposited by the Appellant-Insurance Company be refunded along with accrued interest thereon within a period of four weeks from the date of filing of such receipt. 7. Accordingly, the MACA stands disposed of. 8. It is made clear that, since the Appeal is disposed of in Lok Adalat, no Court Fee is payable by the Claimant. 9. Free copy of this order be provided to the learned counsel for the parties. Prasant (S. K. Mishra, J.) National Lok Adalat Designation: Secretary Location: High Court of Orissa, Cuttack.