IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.8761 of 2007 NIRMALA DEVI Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- For the petitioner : Mr.Sunil Kumar Pathak, Advocate For the State : AC to S.C.X 2 12.8.2009 In the instant writ petition the petitioner prays for issuance of direction to respondent no.3 to 7 for payment of the claim amount in her favour as her husband was a policy holder of respondent nos.3 to 7 under the scheme Group Janata Personal Accident Insurance Policy vide policy no.100300/47/01/9600022/02/96/30442 for the period 31.3.2003 to 30.3.2018. The petitioner’s husband and her son Prabhat Kumar Thakur took the aforesaid accidental death policy and they were insured for an amount of Rs.5 lacs. The husband of the petitioner was killed on 15.7.2004 which fact would also be evident from the F.I.R. registered vide Kalyanapur P.S. Case No.90/2004, as contained in Annexure-2. The police after investigation found the case true and submitted charge sheet bearing charge sheet no.93/2004 dated 20.10.2004, contained in Annexure-4. Thereafter the petitioner submitted her claim on 8.12.2004 before the respondents along with all relevant documents which are annexed as Anenxure-5 and 5/1 to the writ petition. Even the Branch Manager, Golden Trust Financial Services, Muzaffarpur, respondent no.7 vide his letter dated 11.7.2006 requested the Sr. Divisional Manager, National Insurance Co. Ltd, Kolkata for settling the claim of the petitioner. 2 KHAN Learned State counsel submits that the State is a formal party and the claim is to be considered and paid by respondent nos.3 to 7. Having heard counsel for the parties and on going through the materials on record, this court directs the Senior Divisional Manager, National Insurance Company, respondent no.3 to dispose of the claim of the petitioner within two months from today and would pay the necessary due amount to the petitioner expeditiously as possible. With the aforesaid observations and directions, this writ petition stands disposed of. (S.P.Singh,J)