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No. 748, CUTTACK, TUESDAY, MAY 15, 2018/BAISAKHA 25, 1940

COMMERCE & TRANSPORT (TRANSPORT) DEPARTMENT

NOTIFICATION

The 14th May, 2018

No.3663–TRN-LC-MISC-51/2017/T.— In pursuance of the direction of the Supreme

Court Committee on Road Safety, the State Government do hereby create a Solatium

Fund with a token provision of Rs.1.00 Crore (One Crore Rupees) for payment of

compensation to the victims of hit and run motor accident cases. The detailed guidelines

for release of compensation out of the said fund are as follows:—

I. Management of Fund

1. The Fund shall be managed by the Transport Commissioner and the provision

made by the Government for the aforesaid Fund shall be kept in a Separate

Bank Account in any of the Banks recognized by the Reserve Bank of India.

2. The Transport Commissioner is declared as the “Claim Settlement Officer”.

3. The concerned RTO is declared as the “Claim Enquiring Officer”.

II. Amount of Compensation

There shall be paid as compensation

(a) in respect of death of any person a fixed sum of two lakh rupees.

(b) in respect of grievous hurt to any person, a fixed sum of fifty thousand rupees.

III. Procedure for claiming compensation from the fund

1. The applicant shall submit an application seeking compensation from the fund in

Form-I along with duly filled in discharge certificate in Form II and an

undertaking in Form-V to the Claim Enquiring Officer of the Region where the

accident takes place.

2. The application shall be made within a period of 6(six) months from the date of

accident.

3. Where the Claims Enquiring Officer does not accept the grounds advanced by

the applicant, he shall record a speaking order and communicate the same to

the applicant for not accepting the claim application.

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IV. Procedure to be followed by RTO (Claims Enquiring Officer)

1. On receipt of the application, the Claims Enquiring Officer shall immediately

obtain a copy of the FIR, inquest report, post mortem report/certificate of inquiry

from the concerned authorities and hold enquiry in respect of claims arising out

of hit and run motor accidents.

2. In case of more than one claimants, the RTO shall decide as to who are rightful

claimants.

3. The RTO will submit a report in Form-III along with duly discharge receipt in

Form-II and the undertaking in Form-V and his recommendation to the Claim

Settlement Officer within one month.

V.

Sanction of claim

1. On receipt of report from the RTO, Transport Commissioner shall sanction the

claim as far as possible within 15 days from the date of receipt of report from the

RTO and communicate the sanction order in Form-IV and intimate the same to

the Claimant and RTO.

2. In case of claims arising out of death, the payment shall be made to the legal

representative of the deceased as decided by RTO & in case of claims arising

out of grievous hurt, the payment shall be made to the person injured in shape

of cheque/demand draft and will be sent to the claimant by Registered Post.

3. If the details of the vehicle made accident is detected at a later date, the

claimant has to refund the amount to Transport Commissioner out of the claims

settled by the Insurance Company/Claims Tribunal as the case may be.

By Order of the Governor

G. SRINIVAS

Principal Secretary to Government

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Solatium Fund of Odisha

Form – I

I, ……………………………….. son of/daughter of/widow of *Shri……………………

residing at …………………………. hereby apply as a legal representative/ agent for the

grant of compensation on account of death/injuries sustained by Shri / Shrimati / Kumari

…………………………………..

son

of

/daughter

of/widow

of

Shri…………………………………… who died/ had sustained injuries in a motor vehicle

accident on ………………. At …………………………. Particulars in respect of accident and

other information are given below:—

1. Name and father’s name of person injured(husband’s name in case of married

woman or widow):

2. Address of the person injured/dead:

3. Age……….. Date of Birth………………

4. Sex of the person injured/dead:

5. Place, date and time of the accident:

6. Occupation of the person injured/dead:

7. Nature of injuries sustained:

8. Name and address of Police Station in whose jurisdiction accident took place or

was registered:

9. Name and address of the Medical Officer/Practitioner who attended on the

injured/dead:

10. Name and address of the claimant/claimants:

11. Relationship with the deceased:

12. Any other information that may be considered necessary or helpful in the disposal

of the claim:

I hereby swear and affirm that all the facts noted above are true to the best of my

knowledge and belief.

SIGNATURE OF THE CLAIMANT

*Strike out whichever is not applicable.

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Solatium Fund of Odisha

Form – II

SANCTION ORDER NO:

Dated:

Discharge Receipt

Received

with

thanks

from

…………………..

Claims

Settlement

Officer

(T.C.,Odisha) sum of ………………………………. being the compensation under hit and

run provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act in full and final settlement of my claim for the

accident occurred to me/to the deceased person……………………..(name of deceased)

on ……………………..(date of accident) at……………………… (name of place).

Signature on revenue stamp

by beneficiary/victim

WITNESS:

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Solatium Fund of Odisha

Form – III

Claims enquiry report to be submitted by the Claims Enquiry Officer to the Claims

Settlement Commissioner

1. Name and address of the person dead/injured:

2. Place, time and date of the accident:

3. Particulars of the Police Station in which the accident was registered:

4. Particulars of the Medical Officer/Practitioner who examined the dead/ injured.

5. Particulars of persons summoned and examined:

6. Whether the fact of death/injury by hit and run motor accident has been established

or not and the reason for coming to that conclusion:

7. The name and address of claimant(s) eligible for payment of compensation:

8. The amount of compensation recommended for payment to the claimant. (In case

of more than one claimant the amount each one of the claimants is eligible and

reasons thereof shall be specified).

9. Any other information or records relevant or useful for the settlement of the claim.

Signature, designation of the Claims

Enquiry Officer.

Seal:

Date:

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Solatium Fund of Odisha

Form – IV

Serial No…………………

Claim Settlement Commissioner

District……………………

ORDER

I hereby sanction Rs……………………..as compensation in respect of the death of

…………………(Name of deceased)/grievous hurt to …………. (Name of the injured)

resulting from hit and run motor accident which took place at …………….. (Name of place)

on …………………..(Date) to Shri/Shrimati/ Kumari……………….. as legal representative

of the deceased (………………) or to ………………….. (Name of injured).

Claims Settlement Commissioner

CC to:—

1. The Claimant;

2. Motor Vehicles Accident Claims Tribunals;

3. Claims Enquiry Officer;

4. Secretary, C &T (Transport) Department

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Solatium Fund of Odisha

Form – V

I/We……………………….

as

legal

representative(s)

of

the

deceased/injured……………… hereby give undertaking that I/We shall refund the amount

of

compensation

awarded

to

me/us

under

sanction

order

No…………….

dated…………….. by the Claims Settlement Commissioner…………………… to the

Claims Settlement Officer in case I/We am/are awarded any other compensation or

amount in lieu of or by way of satisfaction of a claim for compensation in respect of death

or grievous hurt to ………………………… under any other provisions of the Motor Vehicles

Act, 1988 or any other law for the time being in force or otherwise.

Signature of the legal representative of the

deceased/injured person.

Printed and published by the Director, Printing, Stationery and Publication, Odisha, Cuttack-10

Ex. Gaz. 225-173+100