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Gurvinder Singh
Tribune News Service
Ludhiana, December 7
Parents care for their kids painstakingly and sacrifice their own comforts. However, with degradation of values, the same children have turned into the biggest foes of their parents and cannot even tolerate them living in their own homes.
A 70-year-old woman shared her ordeal as she came to the court for a hearing yesterday. She said her own daughter was trying to throw her out of the house.
“My husband passed away three years ago and my youngest daughter who has been living with me wants to sell the property for monetary gains after coming being influenced by her husband. My daughter and son-in-law have secretly got papers of the house transferred on their name.” However, with the support of other daughters, the septuagenarian has filed the case.
“I have told her that she would get one-sixth of the property after I pass away but she wants all,” she said. “There is no bigger pain to see own children, turn their back on parents,” she said.
SP Karkara, president, Senior Citizen Welfare Association, and president of the Federation of Senior Citizens Associations said the tendency of children not looking after their parents is on the rise, apart from trying to send them to old age homes. There have been instances, where children have thrown parents out of house.”
The Punjab Government notified action plan in November 2014 for the Protection of Life and Property of Senior Citizens Act under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act 2007, which is applicable in Punjab, Karkara said. Under this, if a child ousts parents from the latter’s house, then parents can apply to the District Magistrate, who takes report from the SDM and Tehsildar and if it is proven that the actual house is of parents, then the DC has the powers to restore the possession of parents. Police action is also taken if child doesn’t hand over the possession. For this, simple application is to be given to the District Magistrate, he added.
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