examination of the said witness made on the
correctness of the contents of the certificate at
Exhibit-21. Therefore, on the date of the death,
the salary of the deceased can be safely taken at
Rs.29,000/-. The deceased was employed on 27th
October 1986 as a Telex Operator and on the date of
death, he was holding the post of Junior Officer.
The age of retirement as stated above was 60 years.
Thus, the deceased was in the permanent employment
of SCI. The date of birth of the deceased was 18th
September 1962. Thus, on the date of accident, his
age was just less than 36 years. Therefore, as held
by the Apex Court in the case of Sarla Verma
(supra), for the purpose of computing multiplicand,
50% of the actual salary on the date of death will
have to be added in the income towards future
prospects of the increase in the earnings. There
was no reason for the learned Member to add only 10%
on account of increase in the earnings in future.
Therefore, his income for the purpose of calculating
the multiplicand will have to be taken at
Rs.43,500/- (Rs.29,000.00+Rs.14,500.00). 30% of the
said amount will have to be deducted on account of
the income-tax. Thus, the monthly income can be
taken at Rs.30,450/-.
