HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY CIVIL REVISION PETITION No.1661 of 2011 ORDER: Heard Sri Challa Ajay Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri S. Lakshma Reddy, learned counsel for the respondent. This Civil Revision Petition is filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India by the petitioner aggrieved by the order dated 8.4.2011 passed in I.A. No. 188 of 2010 in O.P. No. 152 of 2009 on the file of the learned Judge, Family Court, Warangal. The petitioner is the husband and the respondent is the wife. They were married on 27.6.2005 in Krishna District. The petitioner herein filed the O.P. for divorce. Initially it was registered at Vijayawada, Krishna District. But on an application filed by the respondent-wife seeking transfer of the same, it was transferred to Family Court, Warangal. In the aforesaid O.P., the respondent has filed an application under Section 36 of the Indian Divorce Act, claiming Rs.50,000/- per month towards alimony and Rs.1.00 lakh towards legal expenses. The Court below, by the impugned order, has ordered for payment of Rs.25,000/- towards legal expenses and Rs.5,000/- per month towards maintenance. Learned counsel for the petitioner contended that the respondent is employed in Electricity Department and without any basis, the Court below has ordered for payment of maintenance and also legal expenses of Rs.25,000/-. The respondent contended before the trial Court stating that the petitioner was working as a Software Engineer in USA and was drawing 1,10,000 U.S. dollars per annum. Though the petitioner has denied the same, but he did not furnish any particulars of his employment to show that he is doing job at Bangalore, in the absence of which, the trial Court has awarded an amount of Rs.25,000/- towards legal expenses and Rs.5,000/- towards maintenance. In the instant case, initially the petitioner filed the application at Vijayawada and thereafter on an application filed by the respondent seeking transfer of the same, it was transferred to Warangal. In view of the transfer application filed by the respondent and in view of her appearance before the Vijayawada Court and presently before the Family Court at Warangal, it cannot be said that she would not have incurred Rs.25,000/- towards legal expenses and hence the trial Court was justified in awarding Rs.25,000/- towards legal expenses. In so far as maintenance awarded by the trial Court is concerned, even the same is on minimum side and it cannot be said to be excessive. Hence, I do not find any reason to interfere with the impugned order. The Civil Revision petition is devoid of merits and it is accordingly dismissed. No costs. As the O.P. for divorce was tried initially at Vijayawada in the year 2008 and as it was transferred to Family Court, Warangal in 2009 and keeping in view the young age of the parties, I deem it appropriate to direct the Family Court, Warangal to dispose of the main O.P. itself as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of four months from today. ____________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY,J Date: 2nd August, 2011 pnb