JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, calling for the records pertaining to the 2nd Respondent herein in his proceedings dated 24.06.2021 and quash the same and consequently direct the 1st and 2nd Respondents to disburse the assured claim amount arising from LIC policy No. 321878120 to the Petitioner and her son as legal heirs of deceased S.Arul.)

1. This Writ Petition has been filed challenging the impugned communication dated 24.06.2021 of the second respondent informing the petitioner that the insurance claim amount will be paid only in favour of the nominee and for a consequential direction to the first and second respondents to disburse the assured claim amount to the petitioner and her son, who are the legal heirs of the deceased S.Arul.

2. The case of the petitioner is that she got married to late S.Arul in the year 2016 and through this marriage, they had a son named Aswath. The husband of the petitioner was infected with Covid-19 and unfortunately, he died on 13.05.2021. The husband of the petitioner had subscribed a LIC policy with the second respondent for the sum assured at Rs.3