JUDGMENT M.M.S. Bedi, J. (Oral) - Vide impugned award dated March 31, 1989, the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Patiala (for short the Tribunal), awarded a sum of Rs. 2,11,200/- in favour of the claimant-appellants as compensation on account of death of Bakhshish Singh. Appellant No. 1 is the wife, appellant Nos. 2 and 3 are children and appellant No. 4 is the mother of the said deceased. Bakhshish Singh was run over by a Bus driven rashly and negligently by respondent No. 1. The deceased was 28 years of age and was working as a Clerk with Punjab School Education Board, SAS Nagar, Mohali, and drawing a salary of Rs. 1,492.30 per month. The Tribunal held the dependency per month to the extent of Rs. 1,100/- and applying a multiplier of 16, awarded the compensation as mentioned hereinabove. 2. Mr. Navkiran Singh, the learned counsel appearing for the appellants has contended that keeping in view the young age of the deceased and the expectancy of life, the multiplier of 16 is on lower side, and argued that the multiplier of more than 20 should have been applied as the deceased was expected to live upto the age of more than 70 years and he was to retire from service on attaining the age of 58 years. 3. I have heard the learned counsel for the appellants and gone through the entire evidence. The date of birth of the deceased has been proved from the certificate issued by Punjab School Education Board, Ex. P-4, as February 10, 1958. Deceased was, as such, 28 years of age on the date of accident. Learned counsel has also argued that the dependency in the present case should be enhanced. But I do not find any force in the same and I am of the opinion that the monthly dependency considered by the tribunal to the extent of Rs. 1,100/- per month is just and requires no interference, but there is a scope of applying the multiplier of 18 by following a precedent in a Division Bench judgment of this Court in Sunanda Maudgal v. Pepsu Road Transport Corporation and another, 1983 ACJ 752, wherein the deceased was 36 years of age and the multiplier of 18 had been applied while calculating the compensation. Applying the multiplier of 18, the compensation is enhanced and the total compensation payable to the claimants is held to be Rs. 1100 x 12 x 18 = Rs. 2,37,600/-. Another sum of Rs. 5,000/- is also awarded for the last rites. Thus, amount of compensation payable to the claimant-appellants is assessed to be Rs. 2,42,600/-. The appellants will be entitled to interest at the rate of 7-1/2% on the enhanced compensation from the date of application. The enhanced amount will be distributed amongst the appellants in equal shares. The appellants would also be entitled to the cost of the appeal. Disposed of in the above terms. Appeal partly allowed.