JUDGMENT :

The present case is taken up through video conferencing.

2. The present writ petition has been filed for issuance of direction upon the respondent nos. 3 and 4 to pay Rs.2,40,000/- with interest to the petitioner as he has been forced to pay the said amount to the respondent no. 5-Sangita Lakra - a policy holder of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), after death of his wife Usha Kiran on 16.08.2014 who happened to be a LIC agent associated with the office of LIC, Hinoo Branch, Ranchi under Jamshedpur Division.

3. Heard learned counsel for the parties.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that Usha Kiran- the petitioner’s wife was a LIC agent of Hinoo Branch, Ranchi under Jamshedpur Division. The respondent no. 5 had got a LIC policy having sum assured of Rs.5,00,000/- through the petitioner’s wife. The date of commencement of the policy was 28.02.2012. The petitioner’s wife died on 16.08.2014. Subsequently, a lady fraudulently impersonating herself as Sangita Lakra surrendered the said policy before the concerned branch of LIC which was accepted by the respondent no. 4 and accordingly surrender value i.e. a sum of Rs.2,03,272/- was paid on 15.03.2017 in the n