IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.2516 of 2011 SUSHMA KUMARI CHAUDHARY, WIFE OF LATE ANIL KUMAR CHAUDHARY, R/O VILLAGE AND P.O. KADIRGANJ, DISTRICT NAWADA, PRESENT ADDRESS – SUSHMA KUMARI CHAUDHARY, ASSISTANT, DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT OFFICE, NAWADA, P.S. AND DISTRICT NAWADA…………………..PETITIONER. Versus 1. THE LIFE INSURANCE CORPORATION OF INDIA THROUGH ITS CHAIRMAN, CENTRAL OFFICE OF LIC ‘YOGAKSHEMA’, JEEVAN BIMA MARG, P.B. NO.19953, MUMBAI. 2. THE ZONAL MANAGER, EASTERN ZONE OF THE LIFE INSURANCE CORPORATION OF INDIA, HINDUSTHAN BUILDING, 4-CHITTARANJAN AVENUE, KOLKATA.. 3. THE ZONAL MANAGER, PATNA EAST CENTRAL ZONE OF THE LIFE INSURANCE CORPORATION OF INDIA, JEEVAN DEEP BUILDING, EXHIBITION ROAD, PATNA. 4. THE DIVISIONAL MANAGER, PATNA DIVISION OF THE LIFE INSURANCE CORPORATION OF INDIA, JEEVAN PRAKASH BUILDING, MAZAHARUL HAQUE PATH, PATNA 5. THE ACCOUNTS OFFICER (CLAIMS), PATNA DIVISIONAL OFFICE, LIFE INSURANCE CORPORATION OF INDIA, JEEVAN PRAKASH BUILDING, MAZAHARUL HAQUE PATH, PATNA. 6. THE BRANCH MANAGER, NAWADA BRANCH OF LIFE INSURANCE CORPORATION OF INDIA, NAWADA. 7. LAXMI CHAUDHARY, WIFE OF BARHO CHAUDHARY, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE AND P.O. KADIRGANJ, P.S. AND DISTRICT NAWADA…………………………RESPONDENTS. For the petitioner : Mr. D.K. Sinha, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Bajrang Lal, Advocate. For the LIC : M/s Rajeev and Ranjan Prasad, Advocates. ----------- 03/ 18.03.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the respondents Corporation and its authorities. 2. This writ petition has been filed by the petitioner for a direction to the respondents authorities to make - 2 - payment of insurance claim in favour of the petitioner along with up to date interest and penal interest after quashing letters dated 06.02.2001 and 28.07.2001 by which petitioner and respondent no.7 were held entitled for half and half share of policy amount on the ground that in proposal form of insurance policy the deceased had nominated the petitioner and respondent no.7 as nominees ignoring the fact that the petitioner had been shown as sole nominee in the Policy Bond issued in the name of her late husband, who died in an occurrence before maturity of policy for which claim petition and other requisite documents as directed by local officials of the Life Insurance Corporation, Nawada Branch had already been submitted by the petitioner as far back as in the year 1998 itself. It is further stated that respondent no.7 had also filed an affidavit dated 11.06.2008 (Annexure-11) supporting the claim of the petitioner, but that has also been ignored. 3. In the aforesaid facts and circumstances this writ petition is disposed of with a liberty to the petitioner to approach the Zonal Manager, Patna East Central Zone of the Life Insurance Corporation of India, Patna (respondent no.3) within two weeks from today along with a copy of this order. If such an application is filed, the said authority shall consider the entire facts and circumstances and shall also peruse the relevant paper, including affidavit of respondent no.7 and shall give opportunity to the petitioner and respondent no.7 to place their respective claims and shall pass an appropriate order - 3 - accordingly as per the provisions of law expeditiously preferably within two months thereafter. Harish (S.N. Hussain, J.)