IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR WEDNESDAY, THE 14TH MARCH 2007 / 23RD PHALGUNA 1928 WP(C).No. 8543 of 2007(P) ---------------------------------- OPMV.1443/2006 of MOTOR ACCIDENT CLAIMS TRIBUNAL, KOLLAM .................... PETITIONER: ------------------ SAHARI, SHIMSA MANZIL, PUNNAMOODU, VARKALA. BY ADV. SRI.PRATHEESH.P RESPONDENTS: ---------------------- 1. SIDHARDHAN, P.S.SADANAM, POOTHAKKULAM, PARAVUR, KOLLAM. 2. ALTHAF F., S/O. FASALU-DEEN, MULLIKKADU, THEKKUMBHAGOM, PARAVUR, KOLLAM. 3. NATIONAL INSURANCE CO. LTD., DIVISIONAL OFFICE, PARAMESWARAN PILLAI BHAVAN, HOSPITAL ROAD, KOLLAM. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 14/03/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: K.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR, J. ----------------------------------------- W.P.(C) NO. 8543 OF 2007-P ----------------------------------------- JUDGMENT The petitioner has approached this Court, seeking a direction to the 3rd respondent Insurance Company to settle O.P.(MV) No.1443/2006, pending before the M.A.C.T., Kollam. I think the Insurance Company does not have any statutory duty to settle the claim petition and the petitioner does not have any corresponding legal right. So, a writ of mandamus cannot be issued to one of the parties to a litigation, to compel it to arrive at a settlement with the opposite side. In the result, the writ petition fails and it is dismissed. 14th March, 2007. K.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR, JUDGE. Nm/