JUDGMENT

Arun Monga, J. - The present petition has been filed inter alia for issuance of a writ in the nature of certiorari to quash the impugned order dated 29.07.2009 (Annexure P5) passed by Senior Divisional Manager, LIC (respondent No.3), the impugned Appellate order dated 25.10.2010 (Annexure P7) passed by Zonal Manager (respondent No.2) and also the impugned order dated 23.01.2012 (Annexure P9) passed by the Chairman, LIC (respondent No.1), whereby, while dismissing the memorial of the petitioner, the orders passed by the punishing authority and appellate authority have been upheld.

2. Succinctly, the factual backdrop, as pleaded in the petition, is that the petitioner was served a show cause notice dated 16.06.2008 (Annexure P3), charging him for acting in a fraudulent manner. The petitioner was charged for procuring two life insurance proposals on the life of one Sh. Bhagwan Dass, for sums of Rs. 5 lac and Rs. 3 lac, which were later converted into policy Nos. 162847505 and 163065245, respectively. The delinquency attributed to the petitioner is that even though the insured, proposed to be covered under the insurance policy, was suffering from Cerebro Vascular Accident (CVA)