IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.15228 of 2008 SUDHIR KUMAR, son of late Nand Kishore Sharma, resident of Village & P.O. Momindpur, P.S.Hilsa, Dist. Nalanda-petitioner Versus 1.The Life Insurance Corporation of India through its Chief Manager, L.I.C. of India, Motihari 2.The Senior Divisional Manager, Life Insurance Corporation of India, Divisional Office, Muzaffarpur (Bihar) 3.The Divisional Manager, Life Insurance Corporation of India, Divisional Office, Muzaffarpur (Bihar) 4.The Branch Manager, Life Insurance Corporation of India Hazar Jyoti Complex, Bank Road, Motihari (East Champaran) 5.The Marketing Manager, Life Insurance Corporation of India, Jeevan Prakash, Uma Shankar Prasad Marg, Muzaffarpur-842002 (Bihar) 6.The Grievance Redressal officer/Ombudsman, North British Building, 3rd Floor, 29, Netaji Subash Road, Kolkata- 700001--------------------------------respondents ----------- For the petitioner : Mr.Sanjeev Kumar, Advocate For the respondents :M/S Rajeev Ranjan Pd. Amod Kumar, Advocates ---- 4. 12.7.2010 The petitioner has come to this Court for payment under the Life Insurance Policy in which the sum assured was Rs.50,000/-. The policy was taken on 28.3.2006 by the father of the petitioner who died within 12 days thereafter on 9.4.2006. In the counter affidavit the stand taken is that since the death was within such a short period hence the claim required an enquiry as per Rules of the L.I.C. and after the said enquiry the claim of the petitioner has been accepted and a cheque for Rs.50,000/- has been issued in favour of the petitioner. It is stated by learned counsel for the L.I.C. 2 and not denied by the petitioner that the said cheque has already been handed over to learned counsel for the petitioner. In the above circumstances, the writ application has become infructuous and it is, accordingly, dismissed as infructuous. (Ramesh Kumar Datta,J.) Spal/