A two-judge panel of the Telangana High Court directed the district collector of Medchal-Malkajgiri district to positively decide an appeal preferred under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 within 10 days. The panel comprising Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice J. Anil Kumar was dealing with a writ appeal filed by Vangari Ramadevi, a sexagenarian mother.
Earlier, a writ petition was filed by Vangari Shiva Shankar, aggrieved by the inaction of the district collector in not registering and deciding on the appeal. Earlier, the revenue divisional officer allowed an application filed by the mother and ordered to cancel two registered Gift Settlement Deeds. It was against this order, appeal was preferred to the district collector, which the petitioner alleged that district collector failed to number, hear or decide along with the stay application.
The petitioner further contended that the mother approached concerned police with a request to execute the said order and vacate the petitioner from the subject properties at Chilkanagar, Uppal. The single judge pointed out that “as per provisions of Act it shall decide the appeal itself within 60 days from the date of filing. However, he has not even numbered the said appeal and not deciding the stay application” directed the district collector to consider that statutory appeal in accordance with law, within the timelines mentioned in the Act.
The judge suspended the operation of the order passed.