Kalyan Jyoti Sengupta, Actg.C.J.

1. The appellant above-named being unsuccessful before the learned Trial Judge preferred this appeal against the judgment and order dated 10th September, 2009 in the above Writ Petition by which the learned Trial Judge dismissed the Writ Petition. The short fact leading to filing the Writ Petition consequently preferring the appeal is as follows:--

2. In or about April, 1975 the appellant became the agent of the respondent-Corporation and since then he continued to remain as agent till his agency terminated. According to the writ-petitioner/appellant he resigned on 7th March, 2002 by addressing a letter to the respondent Nos. 4 and 5 and dispatched the same Under Certificate of Posting. However, it is claimed by the respondent that the said resignation letter was not received. Thus from nearly 27 years the appellant remained agent with obligation to procure and business and some times without any obligation to procure the same as he was exempted occasionally. The problem started on 18th March, 2002 when appellant was asked by the L.I.C. Branch Manager concerned to inform the name and address where the appellant has joined a private Insurance C