IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision : 24.04.2026 Bhagwan Kaur and another …Petitioners Versus District Magistrate, Bathinda and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KULDEEP TIWARI Present: Mr. Judgepreet Singh Warrang, Advocate and Mr. Kuldeep Kumar, Advocate for the petitioners.

Mr. Tejinder Pal Singh Walia, AAG, Punjab.

Mr. Ravish Bansal, Advocate for respondent No.3.

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KULDEEP TIWARI, J.(ORAL)

1. Challenge is thrown to the orders dated 14.11.2022 (Annexure P-4), passed by learned Maintenance Tribunal, Bathinda (respondent No. 2), and the order dated 11.05.2023 (Annexure P-5), passed by learned District Magistrate, Bathinda (respondent No.1). By filing the instant writ petition, the petitioners/senior citizens have challenged the legality of two transfer deeds dated 07.03.2018 (Annexures P-1 & P-2), on the ground, that the same have been executed by fraud and, by invoking the provisions of Section 23 of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 (for short, the ‘Act of 2007’) and prays that the transfer deeds (supra), should be cancelled and restored back to them.

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2. Learned Maintenance Tribunal while refu