District Judge, Ajmer, which was later on, transferred to the Court of Additional District Judge No.1, Ajmer contending, inter alia , that the plaintiff-appellant, while working as labourer in M/s. Aditya Mill, Kishangarh, took a life insurance policy bearing No.180536249 for a sum of 50,000/- from the Corporation jointly in his name and in the name of his wife late Smt. Kamla Devi. The said policy was issued by the Corporation under the “Salary Saving Scheme” launched by it and the monthly premium was 291/-. It was further contended by the plaintiff-appellant that as per the said scheme, there was an agreement between the Corporation and the employer M/s. Aditya Mill that the employer will deduct the premium amount from the salary of the plaintiffappellant and then remit it to the Corporation. According to the plaintiff-appellant, it was the duty of the employer to deduct and send the premium to the Corporation and, at the same time, it was the duty of the Corporation to inform the employer in case of non-receipt of the premium amount and despite information if the employer did not pay the due premium, the Corporation was under an obligation to inform about the non-receipt of premium from employer, to the plaintiff-appellant. It was further stated by the plaintiff-appellant that his wife Smt. Kamla Devi died on 31.08.1994 and information about the sad demise of his wife was given by him to the Corporation on 12.09.1994 with application claiming the insured amount under the insurance policy.
