IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CR. REVISION No.1172 of 2009 Nitya Nand Singh, son of late Indra Singh, resident of village Deva Chak, P.S. Dhoraiya, district Banka .. Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. Smt. Shayama Devi, W/O Sri Nitya Nand Singh, resident of village Deva Chak, P.S. Dhoraiya, district Banka .. Opposite Party **** /3/ 10 August 2011 Heard the counsel for the petitioner. This revision is directed against the order, dated 17.06.2009, passed by the Principal Judge, Family Court, Bhagalpur, by which he has enhanced the maintenance from Rs.500/- per month, fixed in the year 2002, to Rs.2,000/- per month by the impugned order. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that opposite party no. 2 is his wife and living at sasural at the village home and the petitioner is in service in Allahabad maintaining his two sons, daughter and old aged mother. However, in a case of maintenance under Section 125 of the Family Courts Act, 1984, an order was passed on 19.06.1990 for payment of Rs.300/- per month as maintenance, which was enhanced on 04.06.2002 to Rs.500/- per month and the petitioner is in service at Allahabad and getting a salary of Rs.18,328/- and by the 2 impugned order, dated 17.06.2009, the maintenance has been enhanced to Rs.2,000/- per month and taking into consideration this fact the Court has ordered that Rs.2,000/- be deposited in the saving bank’s account of Smt. Shayama Devi, from the salary of petitioner. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he has to maintain his two sons, daughter and old aged mother and, hence, the enhancement from Rs.500/- to Rs.2,000/- is excessive and, hence, has preferred this revision application. However, taking into consideration that the income of the petitioner is Rs.18,328/- after deducting from original salary of Rs.22,528/-. Hence, having regard to the fact that the maintenance is less than 1/9th of the salary, I do not find it excessively high for the share of the wife for maintenance. Hence, I do not find any merit in the revision application. This revision application is, accordingly, dismissed. S.A. ( Gopal Prasad, J.)