Ignored by kids, 2 get property back under senior citizen Act, 2007

Ignored by kids, 2 get property back under senior citizen Act, 2007

Hoshiarpur, July 28

In probably first-of-its-kind decision, Sub-divisional Magistrate Dasuya Barjinder Singh today cancelled the registered deeds of transfer of ownership in two cases under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizen Act, 2007.

The deeds were cancelled as the children of the affected parents had shunned them after the transfer of ownership of properties to them.

This Act, legislated in 2007, has a provision under Section 23 that if senior citizens face a situation where they are not being taken care of by their children after they had transferred the property to them, who subsequently get the mutation done in their name, could come to SDMs court and get such mutations cancelled. Under the Act, the SDM cancelled the transfer of ownership in two cases.

In the first case, Amar Kaur, a Badala resident and wife of Bidhi Chand, had transferred her properties to her daughter Raksha Devi dated July 28, 2008 and September 06, 2012 .

After becoming the owner of the land, Raksha Devi didn’t take care of her mother. Amar Kaur had no other source of income. So the registries dated July 28, 2008 and September 06, 2012 were cancelled and the properties were reverted on the name of Amar Kaur.

In the second case, Satwinder Pal Singh of Rattre village had got transferred the ownership of property from his father Mehnga Singh.

The transfer of ownership was done vide two registries dated April 28, 2011 and October 10, 2011. But after becoming the owner of the land, he threw him out of the house and even beat him up. On complaint of Mehnga Singh, the SDM cancelled registries dated April 28, 2011 and October 10, 2011.