MUMBAI: Nearly 10 months after a Parents and Senior Citizens’ Tribunal directed a man to vacate his 70-year-old father’s suburban apartment that he had been forcibly occupying for years, police, in the presence of an officer from the tehsildar’s office, evicted him recently.The tribunal’s order had come in May 2025, but the son continued to occupy his father’s property even thereafter. Police then wrote back to the tribunal which appointed an officer from the Borivli tehsildar’s office to oversee the process of vacating the flat. In Dec 2024, the septuagenarian had approached the tribunal. He stated that his elder son, who had moved in with him about a decade ago, harassed and threatened him. After lodging a non-cognisable complaint with the police, his son moved out. The senior citizen decided to rent out his apartment so he could raise money to fund his medical expenses. But his son threatened the tenant and eventually took forcible possession of the property in 2023 after the tenant left.In his submission before the tribunal, the son said he had never stopped his father from entering the house andthat he was within his rights to live there as it was his childhood home. He made counter-allegations of harassment against his father. The father-son had lodged multiple non-cognisable complaints against each other over the past decade and a civil suit is also on.After examining documents and submissions from both parties, the tribunal observed that the apartment was legally owned by the senior citizen and his son should vacate it within one month. The son was also given instructions to not do anything to the detriment of his father’s physical and mental health and pay him a monthlymaintenance of Rs 5,000. The tribunal further ruled that if the son did not comply with the instructions, his father could go to police, who were instructed to provide help to the senior citizen under the Maharashtra Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Rules, 2010.Police served a copy of the tribunal’s order on the son. In an email to the police station in Nov 2025, the son said he had approached Bombay high court which had directed him to approach Dindoshi sessions court. Police wrote to the tribunal, which appointed an officer from the Borivli tehsildar’s office to evict the son.
