BIMLA DEVI vs APPELLATE TRIBUNAL, MAINTENANCE AND WELFARE OF PARENTS AND SENIOR CITIZENS ACT, 2007 AND OTHERS

CWP-1525-2020 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 209 CWP-1525-2020 Date of decision: 06.05.2026 BIMLA DEVI …. Petitioner Vs. APPELLATE TRIBUNAL, MAINTENANCE AND WELFARE OF PARENTS AND SENIOR CITIZENS ACT, 2007 AND OTHERS …. Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KULDEEP TIWARI Present: Mr. Shashikant Gupta, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Bhupender Singh, Addl.AG, Haryana. Mr. Raj Kumar Rathore, Advocate, for respondent No.3. KULDEEP TIWARI, J (Oral) 1. Through the instant petition, cast under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner seeks quashing of order dated 14.11.2019 (Annexure P-8), passed by the District Magistrate (respondent no.2), on the ground that it has been passed without jurisdiction, as the remedy of appeal available to him under Section 16 of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Act of 2007’), has been snatched away. 2. Respondent no.3 (senior citizen) filed an application (Annexure P-2) under Section 22(2) of the Act of 2007, against her daughter, with a prayer for her eviction from his residential house No.115, Ward No15, Indira Colony, Narnaul, before the