ORDER :

1. This appeal is filed by the original petitioner no. 1 whose petition filed alongwith petitioner no. 2 and 3 - respondent no. 2 and 3 herein came to be dismissed.

2. Brief facts of the case are as under :

Original respondent of the writ petition, i.e. respondent no. 1 herein is the mother of the appellant, who is aged about 70 years. She had approached the SDM under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 ('the Act', for short) seeking maintenance from her son and two grandsons of predeceased son on the ground that she is unable to maintain herself. The present appellant filed a reply to such application and mainly contended that his other siblings are equally responsible to maintain the mother and have not been joined. The authority passed an order on 22.03.2017 directing the appellant i.e. son to pay Rs.5000/- to the mother and the grandsons to pay Rs.5000/- every month. The order of the SDM was challenged before the Collector who dismissed the appeal by order dated 05.08.2020. The appellant and the grandsons had challenged the said order before the learned Single Judge in a writ petition. The learned Single Judge dismissed the writ petition.

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