IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision : 16.02.2026 Bhavesh and another …Petitioners Versus Chairman, Appellate Authority cum Deputy Commissioner, Bhiwani and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KULDEEP TIWARI Present: Mr. Sandeep Thakan, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Kapil Bansal, DAG, Haryana. Mr. Ashwani Bhardwaj, Advocate for respondent No.3.

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KULDEEP TIWARI, J. (ORAL)

1. The petitioners No.1 and 2, who are grand-son and son of respondent No.3/senior citizen, respectively, has knocked the door of this Court, wherethrough, they have challenged the legality of order dated 11.05.2023 (Annexure P-6), passed by the learned Maintenance Tribunal, Bhiwani (respondent No.2), and order dated 12.12.2024 (Annexure P-9), passed by learned Appellate Authority-cum- Deputy Commissioner, Bhiwani (respondent No.1).

2. Learned counsel for the petitioners, in an attempt to throw challenge to the orders (supra), submits that none of the transfer deeds carries any condition of maintenance, entitling the senior citizen (respondent No.3), to invoke the provisions of Section 23 of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 (for sh