1 2026:CGHC:17632 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MAC No. 970 of 2026 1 - Smt. Sandhya Minj W/o Late Kuldeep Khalkho Aged About 22 Years R/o Telitoli, Jashpurnagar, Tahsil And Distt. Jashpur, Chhattisgarh. 2 - Minor Aaradhya Khalkho D/o Late Kuldeep Khalkho Aged About 6 Years Through Natural Guardian And Next Friend Her Mother, Appellant No. 1, Smt. Sandhya Minj, R/o Telitoli, Jashpurnagar, Tahsil And Distt. Jashpur, Chhattisgarh. 3 - Smt. Shanti Tirkey W/o Anuj Tirkey Aged About 43 Years R/o Village Manjhatoli, P.S. Raidih, Distt. Gumla (Jharkhand) (Claimants) ... Appellants versus 1 - Sudeep Beck S/o Jagdev Beck Aged About 35 Years R/o Village Manjha Toli, P.S. Raidih, Distt. Gumla (Jharkhand), Narayanpur (Chirwari), Post Aara, Tahsil And Distt. Jashpur, Chhattisgarh. (Owner) 2 - Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company Limited Local Office Vahan Bima Kendra, Gamhariya Road, Tahsil And Distt. Jashpur, Chhattisgarh, Divisional Office Shivmohan Bhawan, Vidhansabha Road, Pandri, Raipur, Distt. Raipur, Chhattisgarh. ... Respondent(s) For Appellants : Mr. Divyanand Patel, Advocate For Respondent(s) : None (Honb’le Shri Justice Sachin Singh Rajput) Order on Board dated 17.04.2026 Challenge in this appeal filed under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (for short the “MV Act”) by the appellants/claimants is to the award dated 03.02.2026 passed by the Additional Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Jashpur, Chhattisgarh in MACT Case No. 3/2024. HIFZURRAHMAN ANSARI Digitally signed by HIFZURRAHMAN ANSARI Date: 2026.04.17 16:51:59 +0530 2 2. Claim Application under Section 166 of the MV Act was filed by the appellants/claimants inter alia seeking compensation on account of death of Kuldeep Khalkho in a road accident which took place on 09.02.2023 at Gumla, Jharkhand. Said application was rejected by the Tribunal holding that cause of action had not arisen in its jurisdiction and for that the application was not maintainable. 3. After arguing for some time, counsel for the appellants submits that he may be permitted to withdraw this appeal with liberty to file a duly constituted claim application under Section 166 MV Act before the jurisdictional Claims Tribunal. 4. The appeal is therefore dismissed as withdrawn with liberty as aforesaid. Sd/- (Sachin Singh Rajput) Judge H.Ansari