IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 09.12.2025 Chattar Singh ….Petitioner Versus District Magistrate, Panipat and others ….Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KULDEEP TIWARI Present: Mr. Divyam Singh, Advocate, and Mr. Yuvraj Singh, Advocate, for Mr. Vikram Singh, Advocate, for the petitioner.

Mr. Kapil Bansal, DAG, Haryana. Mr. Navjeet Singh, Advocate, for Mr. Manoj Kumar Taya, Advocate, for respondents No.6 and 7.

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KULDEEP TIWARI, J. (Oral)

1. By way of instant writ petition, as cast under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner, who is a senior citizen, assails the order dated 04.07.2024 (Annexure P-4), vide which, his application, preferred under the provisions of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 (for short, ‘the Act’) seeking eviction of the private respondents from his residential house, has been dismissed by the learned District Magistrate, Panipat.

2. At the outset, learned counsel for the petitioner, instead of joining issues on merits, fairly submits that, in fact, the order under challenge has been passed by an authority devoid of statutory jurisdiction. He submits that though