IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.16868 of 2009 Date of decision: 5th November, 2009 Reliance General Insurance Company Ltd. … Petitioner Versus Tarun Jain and another … Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA Present: Mr. P.M. Goyal, Advocate for the petitioner. KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA, J. (ORAL) Permanent Lok Adalat (Public Utility Services), Gurgaon invoked section 22C(8) of the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 and decided the dispute. Respondent No.1 Tarun Jain had insured his vehicle, Fiat Palio car, with the petitioner company. He had paid the premium amounting to Rs.21,225/-. His car was stolen on 28th February, 2008 from Kanshika Garden Nangloi, Delhi. Admittedly, his car was taken away by his friend to Kanshika Garden. At that time, respondent No.1 Tarun Jain, was out of station. The grievance of the petitioner that there was delay of 70 days in lodging the claim, therefore, respondent is not entitled to insurance claim, has been dealt with by the Permanent Lok Adalat. In the present case, police was informed at the earliest on the next day of theft, therefore, the ground that insurer has been approached later, is not tenable and will not disentitle respondent No.1 to claim the amount of insurance. Civil Writ Petition No.16868 of 2009 Hence, there is no infirmity in the order passed by Permanent Lok Adalat (Public Utility Services), Gurgaon and no interference is warranted. Present petition is accordingly dismissed. [KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA] JUDGE November 5, 2009 rps 2