RAKESH KUMAR JAIN, J.

1. The petitioner is a senior citizen, who has challenged the order of the District Magistrate, Jalandhar dated 11.04.2017 by which an application filed by him under Section 22 of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 [for short ‘the Act’] read with the Punjab Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Rules, 2012 [for short ‘the Rules’] and Action Plan notified on 27.11.2014 under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 (Punjab) [for short ‘the Action Plan’], against his widowed daughter-in-law for seeking her eviction from House No.36-A situated at Gobind Nagar, Jalandhar City, has been dismissed.

2. The petitioner is the father-in-law of respondent No.2. He is a senior citizen. His wife, who is also a senior citizen, is residing with him in the house in question. Respondent No.2 got married with Sanjay Kumar, son of the petitioner, on 23.4.2000. A girl child, namely, Surbhi was born to respondent No.2 on 10.12.2002. The son of the petitioner, namely, Sanjay died in a road accident on 30.6.2011. Respondent No.2 with his daughter, who is now about more than 15 years of age, is liv