JUDGMENT :

Ujjal Bhuyan, J.

Heard Mr. Kishor Maru, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Anoshak Daver, learned counsel for respondent No.1.

2. Both petitioner and respondent No.1 were also present in person during the hearing.

3. Challenge made in this writ petition is to the legality and validity of the order dated 15.12.2020 passed by the Deputy District Collector, Mumbai City acting as the Presiding Officer of the Tribunal for Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens.

4. Respondent No.1 is the mother-in-law of the petitioner. Petitioner alongwith her husband Mr. Prashant Niranjan Jasani and minor daughter Samaira are residing in the flat bearing flat No.81A, Acropolis, 3 Little Gibbs Road, Malabar Hill, Mumbai (henceforth referred to as “the flat” hereinafter) along with respondent No.1. The said flat originally belonged to Mr. Anandlal Jasani, who during his lifetime made nomination in respect of the said flat whereby twenty percent share of the flat was granted in favour of petitioner’s husband Mr. Prashant Niranjan Jasani.

5. Mr. Anandlal Jasani died in the year 2007 whereafter his son Mr. Niranjan Anandlal Jasani, Mrs. Anjana Niranjan Jasani and Mr. Prashant Ni