MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. 612 of 2024 at Lucknow

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:31522-FB AFR Reserved Case :- MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 612 of 2024 Petitioner :- Onkar Nath Gaur and another Respondent :- District Magistrate/President Appellate Tribunal Lko. and 2 others Counsel for Petitioner :- Arvind Kumar Srivastava,Anurag Narain Srivastava Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Abhinav Pankaj,Avinash Pandey,Indra Prakash,Mahendra Pratap Pandey,Vijay Krishna Dwivedi ***** Hon'ble Attau Rahman Masoodi, J. Hon’ble Jaspreet Singh, J. Hon’ble Subhash Vidyarthi, J. (Per: Jaspreet Singh, J.) This judgment has been divided into segments to facilitate analysis. These are:- A Introduction 2-4 B Submissions on Behalf of the Petitioner. 4-8 C Submissions on Behalf of the State of U.P. 8-9 D Submissions on Behalf of the Union of India. 9-13 E Submissions on Behalf of the Members of the Bar. 13-15 F Discussions and Analysis 15-73 F.1 Question Nos. (i) and (ii) 15-45 F.2 Question No. (iii). 46-73 G Summary and Answers to the Questions Referred. 73-74 A-227 No.612 of 2024 A. Introduction 1. Questions of seminal importance arising from The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 (hereinafter referred to as the “A