HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K.C. BHANU CIVIL REVISION PETITION No.6031 of 2009 ORDER: This Civil Revision Petition is directed against the order dated 5.12.2009 in I.A. No. 415 of 2009 in O.P. No. 1269 of2008 on the file of the Additional Family Court, Hyderabad whereunder and whereby an amount of Rs.7,000/- per month to the first respondent and Rs. 3,000/- per month to the second respondent was awarded towards maintenance, pending disposal of the main O.P. The petitioner herein is the husband and the respondents 1 and 2 are the wife and daughter of the petitioner. The 1st respondent herein filed the aforementioned Original Petition seeking maintenance against the petitioner herein. In that O.P., the respondents filed I.A. No. 415 of 2009 under Section 151 of C.P.C. seeking interim maintenance. While opposing the application, the petitioner herein filed counter affidavit. The learned Family Judge, having heard the learned counsel for the parties and having perused the material on record, allowed the application by grating the interim maintenance as mentioned above, through the impugned order. Challenging the same, the petitioner-husband filed the present revision petition. Learned counsel for the petitioner contended that the petitioner has retired from service and is getting only Rs.6,000/- per month towards pension and therefore granting of maintenance at Rs.10,000/- per month is highly excessive. He further contended that the 1st respondent voluntarily left the company of the petitioner about 20 years back and that the 2nd respondent is not the legitimate daughter of the petitioner. He, therefore, prays to set aside the impugned order. Whether the 1st respondent has left the company of the petitioner about 20 years back voluntarily or due to the petitioner neglected her and whether the 2nd respondent is the legitimate daughter of the petitioner or not, are all questions, which are required to be decided in the Original Petition. However, during the pendency of the Original Petition, the petitioner is bound to pay maintenance. But, at the same time, his income also has to be taken into consideration for the purpose of ascertaining the award of maintenance. In view of the fact that the petitioner is getting only Rs.6,000/- per month towards pension, the amount of maintenance granted by the learned Family Court at Rs.7,000/- per month to the 1st respondent and at Rs. 3,000/- per month to the 2nd respondent, are liable to be reduced. Accordingly, the amount of maintenance granted to the 1st respondent at Rs. 7,000/- per month is reduced to Rs.2,500/- and the amount of Rs.3,000/- granted to the 2nd respondent is reduced to Rs.1,500/-. Hence, the petitioner is directed to pay a total sum of Rs. 4,000/- per month towards maintenance to the respondents 1 and 2 herein, on or before 10th of every succeeding month. If the petitioner fails to pay the amount as directed above, the respondents 1 and 2 are at liberty to execute the same through the process of the Court. With the above modification, the Civil Revision Petition is disposed of. No costs. ______________ K.C. BHANU,J DATE: 15.11.2010 pnb