JUDGMENT Mr. T.P.S. Mann, J.: (Oral) - The claimant has filed the present appeal against the award dated 16.12.2010 rendered by the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Rupnagar to the extent of awarding inadequate compensation to him. 2. After going through the evidence available on the file, the Tribunal had held the claimant- appellant entitled to receive an amount of Rs.5,000/- as compensation for the injuries received by him in a motor vehicle accident. The said amount included an amount of Rs.3,000/- on account of expenditure incurred by him on his treatment and Rs.2,000/- on account of pain and sufferings, mental disturbance and loss of salary. 3. Though the appellant had placed on record medical bills but none of them was verified by the doctor. However, keeping in view the facts and circumstances of the case, the Tribunal granted an amount of Rs.3,000/- to him towards the expenditure incurred by him on his treatment. Though the appellant did not examine the doctor to prove the injuries received by him, yet the fact remains that when the claimant appeared as PW2 before the Tribunal, he deposed that he had received multiple injuries on his person in the accident. This fact was not challenged by the Insurance Company and also by the driver and owner of the offending vehicle. Suggestion given by the respondents that the claimant had come up with a bogus petition in order to claim compensation was denied by him. Therefore, this Court has no other option but to hold that the appellant had suffered injuries on his person, as a result of which, he could not attend to his job. It has come in the salary record proved by PW1 – Gautam, Human Resource Department of M/s Indo Farm Industries Ltd., Baddi that the appellant had been getting Rs.6,100/- per month as salary and that from the month of July, 2009, the salary was raised to Rs.6,500/-. It has also been shown that for a period of five and half months, the appellant could not attend to his duties as an Operator in the afore-mentioned Company. 4. Taking into consideration the details of the salary mentioned in the salary record, it is apparent that the appellant has been deprived of salary for the afore-mentioned period amounting to Rs.28,735/- or to say Rs.28,500/-. 4. Taking into consideration the details of the salary mentioned in the salary record, it is apparent that the appellant has been deprived of salary for the afore-mentioned period amounting to Rs.28,735/- or to say Rs.28,500/-. Through the Tribunal has awarded an amount of Rs.2,000/- in all on account of pain and sufferings, mental disturbance and loss of salary, yet the said amount can only be considered against the head of pain and suffering and mental disturbance. The amount of Rs.28,500/- as calculated above, needs to be paid to the appellant on account of loss of salary. 5. Resultantly, the compensation awarded by the Tribunal is enhanced by Rs.28,500/- to be paid by the respondents jointly and severally. The appellant shall also be entitled to interest @ 6% per annum on the enhanced amount of compensation from the date of filing of the claim petition till its realisation. 6. The appeal, is accordingly, disposed of. ---------0.B.S.0------------