IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 21.01.2026 Major Singh ….Petitioner Versus Appellate Tribunal cum Additional Deputy Commissioner, Barnala, Punjab and others ….Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KULDEEP TIWARI Present: Mr. Sahaj Punj, Advocate, for Mr. Rajesh Punj, Advocate, for the petitioner.

Ms. Pratibha Bali, AAG, Punjab.

Mr. Sandeep Kumar Bansal, Advocate, for respondent No.3.

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KULDEEP TIWARI, J. (Oral)

1. The petitioner, who is a senior citizen, has approached this Court, by way of instant writ petition, as cast under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India, against an order dated 22.09.2014 (Annexure P-3), vide which, an application preferred by him under Sections 4, read with Section 9, and 23 of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007, (the Act of 2007), was dismissed by the learned Maintenance Tribunal, and also the order dated 21.05.2018 (Annexure P-5), whereby, the statutory appeal against the order (supra), has been dismissed by the learned Additional Deputy Commissioner-cum-Collector, Barnala.

2. At the outset, learned counsel for the petitioner, instead of joining the issues on merits, points