KRISHAN KUMAR vs DEPUTY COMMISSIONER CUM APPELLATE TRIBUNAL AND OTHERS

CWP-4121-2025 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 203 CWP-4121-2025 Date of decision: 15.05.2026 KRISHAN KUMAR …. Petitioner Vs. DEPUTY COMMISSIONER CUM APPELLATE TRIBUNAL AND OTHERS …. Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KULDEEP TIWARI Present: Mr. Ankur Goyat, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Kapil Bansal, D.A.G. Haryana. Ms. Meena, Advocate, for Mr. Shamsher Singh, Advocate, for respondent No.3. KULDEEP TIWARI, J (Oral) 1. The instant writ petition, filed under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India, is directed against the order dated 28.11.2024 (Annexure P-5), passed by the learned Deputy Commissioner, Bhiwani, whereby, the appeal filed by respondent no.3 (senior citizen), under Section 16 of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 (for short, ‘the Act of 2007’), was accepted, and the order dated 06.02.2024 (Annexure P-3), passed by the SDM, Bhiwani, was set aside. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that in view of the notification No.1041-SW(4)-2020, dated 08.12.2020, prescribing the composition of the Maintenance Tribunals and Appellate Tribunals, the impugned orders are void being ‘coram non judice’. The