IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

214 CWP-2140-2022 Date of decision: 08.04.2026 PUSHPA DEVI AND ANOTHER …. Petitioners Vs.

DEPUTY COMMISSIONER HISAR AND OTHERS …. Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KULDEEP TIWARI Present: Mr. Amit Chaudhary, Advocate, for the petitioners.

Mr. Bhupender Singh, Addl.AG, Haryana.

Mr. Nitin Jain, Advocate, for respondents No.2 and 3.

KULDEEP TIWARI, J (Oral)

1. Through the instant petition, cast under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India, the petitioners have challenged the legality of order dated 07.09.2021 (Annexure P-1), passed by the District Magistrate, Hisar (respondent no.1), as the application preferred by them under Section 22 (2) of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 (for short, ‘the Act of 2007’), was dismissed.

2. The sole argument, as raised before this Court by learned counsel for the petitioners is that, the application (supra), is ought to have been transferred to the learned Maintenance Tribunal concerned, as notified by the Government of Haryana. Therefore, the impugned order passed by the District Magistrate, which is an appellate authority under the Act of 2007, is without