JUDGMENT :

Manish Choudhury, J.

1. The instant writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India is preferred seeking inter alia a direction to the respondent Insurance Company to satisfy the claim in respect of an insurance policy which the petitioner as the insured had taken in respect of a vehicle. The petitioner has approached this Court after the Insurance Ombudsman, Guwahati Centre had rejected a complaint preferred by the petitioner as the complainant before it, by an Order dated 03.09.2013.

2. The relevant events which have led the petitioner to prefer the writ petition can be narrated, in brief, as follows :-

2.1. The petitioner purchased a four-wheeler vehicle [Tata Indica Car] in the year 2006 with financial assistance from M/s. HDFC Bank. The vehicle having Chassis no. 600132GTZPA8167 and Engine no. 4751D105GTZPA-3332, was registered with the District Transport Officer [Registration & Licencing], Kamrup, Guwahati with Registration no. AS-01/AA-5744 ['the subject-vehicle', for short]. The petitioner was plying the subject-vehicle as a commercial vehicle after obtaining a Tourist Cab Permit from the State Transport Authority, Assam, Guwahati with validity w.e.f. 13