IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.10466 of 2008 Smt. Usha Chaudhary, W/o- Late Diwakant Chaudhary at Mahatma Gandhi Nagar, Near Rose Garden Apartment, P.O.- Bahadurpur Housing Colony-T.V. Tower, Kankarbagh, Patna-800026. ….. Petitioner. VERSUS 1. The Life Insurance Corporation of India through its Chairman Yogo Kshema, Jeevan Bima Marg, Mumbai-400021. 2. The Zonal Manager, LIC of India, East Central Zone Office, 5th Floor, Jeevan Deep Building, Exhibition Road, Patna-800001. 3. The Senior Divisional Managear, LIC of India, Hazaribagh Regional Office, Zila Parishad Bhawan, P.No. 5, District- Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. 4. The Branch Office of LIC of India, Dhanbad Branch-II. …. Respondents. ----------- Counsel for the Petitioner : Mr. Gajendra Pratap Singh, Adv. ------------ 02 28.02.2009 The petitioner Smt. Usha Chaudhary is the wife of late Diwakant Chaudhary. Late Diwakant Chaudhary had taken out a policy of insurance and consequent to untimely death his death claim was filed by the wife. The same has been rejected on the ground that he had earlier a policy which he did not disclose while taking this policy. Petitioner challenges the legality of such repudiation. In my view, the petitioner should avail of remedy as provided under the Redressal of Public Grievances Rules, 1998, wherein he can file an application before the ombudsman as provided therein. The said rules are made under Section 114 of the Insurance Act, 1938. Petitioner must exhaust the remedy as available to him before coming to this Court. The writ petition is permitted to be withdrawn to move the forum aforesaid. Trivedi/ (Navaniti Prasad Singh, J.) 2