CWP No.4037 of 2010 29.3.2011. Present: Sh.K.D. Sood, counsel for the petitioner alongwith petitioner in person. Sh.Sanjeev Kuthiala, counsel for respondents 1,3,4 and 6 to 8, alongwith respondent No.1 in person. This writ petition is directed against the order of the Maintenance Tribunal under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizen Act, 2007 dated 29.6.2010 whereby the Authority has awarded interim maintenance of Rs.10,000/- and monthly maintenance of Rs.2000/- w.e.f. July, 2010. During the course of hearing, at the intervention of the Court, the petitioner-son and respondent No.1-mother have settled the dispute. The petitioner has made a statement that he is willing to pay to the respondent No.1 mother a sum of Rs.1500/- per month and shall in addition thereto permit her to stay in the ancestral house at Rao Pali without any objection. He has also stated that irrespective of the result of the Civil Suit which has been filed by the mother against him, he shall continue to pay maintenance and permit the mother to reside in the said house. The mother has agreed to the aforesaid terms. After having heard learned counsel for the parties and recording the statements of the parties, I feel that the first attempt should be to end the bitterness between the parties. Therefore, any observations made by the learned Authority below either against the son or against the mother are set- aside. The behaviour of any of the parties should not be commented upon by the Court since the son has decided to pay Rs.1500/- per month to the mother and mother has agreed to accept the same. In view of the aforesaid, the maintenance order passed by the Maintenance Tribunal under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizen Act, 2007 dated 29.6.2010 is set-aside and is substituted with the following directions: 1. The son shall deposit in the bank account of the mother a sum of Rs.13,500/- i.e. the arrears of maintenance @ Rs.1500/- per month for the last 9 months up to 31st March, 2011, on or before 31st May, 2011 in the saving bank account No.120600 0101050204 of respondent No.1 in Punjab National Bank, Branch Office, Baggi, Tehsil Gohar, District Mandi, H.P. 2. In future, the petitioner son shall remit a sum of Rs.1500/- per month into the aforesaid bank account of his mother from the month of April, 2011 onwards on or before 10th of each month till she is alive. 3. The petitioner son shall permit the mother to continue staying in the ancestral house at village Rao Pali till she is alive. The right of the mother to live in the said house in terms of this order is only a right personal to her till her life time and she cannot transfer, alienate or create any encumbrance upon the said house. 4. The mother- respondent No.1 is directed to ensure that she does not handover the possession of the house to her daughters or any other person nor shall she alienate, transfer or encumber the house at village Rao Pali. 5. The petitioner son shall pay maintenance to the mother irrespective of the result of the decision of the Civil Suit pending between the parties. 6. The observations made hereinabove have been made only for the purpose of deciding the present petition and shall have no bearing on the civil suit filed by the mother which is pending in the Court of learned Civil Judge (Senior Division), Mandi. The said suit is also ordered to be expedited and the trial Court is requested to dispose of the same latest by 31.3.2012. The petition is disposed of in the aforesaid terms. No costs. March 29, 2011 ( Deepak Gupta ), J. PV CWP No.4037 of 2010 Statement of Mahinder Pal, aged 43 years, son of late Shri Kanhiya Lal, R/o Village Bassa, Post Office, Gohar, Tehsil Chachyot, District Mandi, H.P. On oath 29.3.2011. Respondent No.1 Smt.Kesri Devi is my mother. I am ready and willing to pay Rs.1500/- per month to her as maintenance, in case the order of the learned Authority below is set-aside. My mother Smt.Kesri Devi shall continue to reside in the ancestral house in village Rao Pali and I shall not disturb her at all. I shall welcome my mother to my house as and when she wants to come. My other request is that the Civil Suit which has been filed by Smt.Kesri Devi and other respondents bearing No.77 of 2009 titled as Kesri Devi vs. Mahinder Pal pending in the Court of Civil Judge (Senior Division), Mandi may be expedited. RO & AC ( Deepak Gupta ), Dated:29.3.2011. Judge CWP No.4037 of 2010 Statement of Smt.Kesri Devi, aged 73 years widow of late Shri Kanahiya Lal R/o Village Bassa, P.O. Gohar, Tehsil Chachyot, District Mandi, H.P. On oath 29.3.2011. Stated that I am ready to settle the matter in case my son Mahinder Pal pays me Rs.1500/- per month as maintenance charges and also permit me to stay in the ancestral house at village Rao Pali till I am alive. I shall not alienate, transfer or encumber this property. RO & AC ( Deepak Gupta ), Dated:29.3.2011. Judge