IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision : February 05, 2026 GURBACHAN KAUR -PETITIONER V/S UNION TERRITORY OF CHANDIGARH AND ORS.

-RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KULDEEP TIWARI Present: Mr. Deepak Verma, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Anil Kumar Sharma, Advocate, with Ms. Devyani Sharma, Advocate for the respondents No.1 to 3.

Mr. Navneet Jindal, Advocate (Legal Aid Counsel)

for the respondent No.4.

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KULDEEP TIWARI, J. (ORAL)

1. Through the present writ petition, the petitioner, a septuagenarian senior citizen, has assailed the order dated 17.07.2025 passed by the respondent No.2- Appellate Tribunal, whereby her statutory appeal was dismissed, besides assailing the order dated 24.01.2024 passed by the respondent No.3- Maintenance Tribunal, whereby her application filed under Sections 21, 22 and 24 of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 (hereinafter referred to as the “Act of

2007”) was dismissed.

2. At the outset, this Court queried learned counsel for the petitioner regarding the maintainability of the present writ petition, particularly in light of the judgment dated 15.12.2025, rendered by a Division Bench of th