M.M.S. Bedi, J.

The petitioner is a senior citizen lady aged about 87 years who besides claiming protection of life and liberty has sought the right of dignified life of honour and have challenged order annexure P-6 dated June 22, 2016 whereby an appeal filed by her under Section 16 of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizen Act, 2007, for short ‘the Act' before the District Magistrate was not decided on merits but was remanded back to the Sub Divisional Magistrate. The petitioner is mother-in-law of respondent No.4.

2. Brief facts as pleaded in the writ petition are that being a senior citizen, with an objective to live a life of dignity and honour and not mere animal existence at the fag end of her life, the petitioner seeks the protection as per Section 22, 23 and 32 of the Act. She claims to be in possession of her house situated in Village Nasipur near Punjabi University, Patiala situated in 15 bighas 17 biswas of land. She feels that her daughter-in-law, respondent No.4 in collusion with Mr. Gurinder Singh Dhillon, DIG, Punjab Police, wants to dispossess her and forcibly evict her from her house. The petitioner being harassed and humiliated by respon