AMAR SINGH AND ANOTHER vs CHAIRMAN MAINTENANCE TRIBUNAL AND OTHERS

CWP-13591-2026 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH (106) CWP-13591-2026 Date of Decision : 04.05.2026 Amar Singh and another …Petitioners Versus Chairman Maintenance Tribunal cum Sub Divisional Magistrate, Hisar and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KULDEEP TIWARI Present: Ms. Monika Khatri, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Bhupender Singh, Addl. AG, Haryana. **** KULDEEP TIWARI, J. (ORAL) 1. Through the instant writ petition, cast under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India, a prayer is made for issuance of a mandamus, upon the respondent No.1, to decide the case bearing No.85/Maintenance, instituted on 30.03.2022, under Section 23 of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007, which is pending adjudication since 2022. 2. Since the petitioners are senior citizens of 88 and 81 years of age, therefore, during pre lunch session, this Court directed learned State counsel, to have apposite instructions from the respondent No.1, as to how much time is required to finally adjudicate the application (supra). 3. Post lunch, the matter was again taken up. Learned counsel for the State, on instructions imparted by responden