K. Narayana Kurup, J.

These Writ Appeals are directed against the judgment rendered by a learned Single Judge of this Court in O.P. No. 4739 of 1990. The parties in these appeals will be referred to as the petitioner and the Life Insurance Corporation (for short'the Corporation').

2. The brief facts which are necessary for the disposal of these appeals are as follows: Petitioner is the widow of one PJ. Augustine. In the Writ Petition she had prayed for the issuance of a direction to the Corporation to pay her "the entire insured amount of late PJ. Augustine as per the proposal No. 615781 dated 27.8.88 for Rs. 10 lakhs". Other incidental and consequential reliefs were also prayed for the O.P. The aforesaid Augustine, during his life time, had proposed his life for insurance for a sum of Rs. 10 lakhs. The proposal was submitted on 16.8.1988 before the Branch Office of the Corporation, as per proposal No. 615781 of Ernakulam Branch. An amount of Rs. 7925/- was also received from deceased Augustine, as evidenced by Ext. P1 receipt. Subsequently an amount of Rs. 15,974/- was received from deceased Augustine on 27.8.1988, as evidenced by Ext. P2 receipt. An additional sum of Rs