CWP No.2727 of 2007 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP NO.2727 OF 2007 DATE OF DECISION: 03-03-2008 Jaspal Kaur .....PETITIONER VERSUS Union of India and others .....RESPONDENTS CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE HEMANT GUPTA HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE MOHINDER PAL PRESENT: Mr. Navdeep Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. Ms.Ranjana Shahi, Central Govt. Standing Counsel for respondents No.1 to 3. Mr.Y.P.Singla, Advocate for respondent No.4. HEMANT GUPTA, J. The petitioner is the mother of deceased-Lakhvir Singh, who died on 31-07-2006. The dispute between the parties is regarding the amount of the Army Group Insurance in which the petitioner is alleged to be a nominee. It is well settled that nominee is in fact a trustee for the amount received for disbursement to all the legal heirs. Therefore, even if the petitioner is a nominee still the Group Insurance amount is to be appropriated amongst all the legal heirs. The legal heirs of the CWP No.2727 of 2007 2 deceased-Lakhvir Singh are the petitioner and respondent No.4, his widow. Therefore, the amount of the Army Group Insurance is to be disbursed to the petitioner and respondent No.4 in equal shares. In fact that is the position accepted by the learned counsel for the petitioner and respondent No.4 as well. In view of the consent of the parties, we dispose of the present writ petition with direction to the official respondents to disburse the amount of insurance equally between the petitioner and respondent No.4 expeditiously, preferably within a period of 3 months. (HEMANT GUPTA) JUDGE ( MOHINDER PAL ) March 03, 2008 JUDGE jt