1 SSK/38 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 2531 OF 2010 Rishikesh Pandurang Gaikwad ....Petitioner Versus Manisha Rishikesh Gaikwad ...Respondent Mr. M. A. Chaudhari, Advocate for the Petitioner. CORAM : R. V. MORE, J. DATED : 30th MARCH, 2010. P.C.: Heard Mr. Choudhari, learned Counsel for the Petitioner. 2. By the impugned order, the Respondent-wife’s application under section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act, is partly allowed, thereby granting interim maintenance @ Rs.1,500/- p.m. with effect from the date of the application. The Petition of Respondent-Wife for Divorce under provisions of section 13(1) (i-a) of the Hindu Marriage Act,1955 is pending. 3. Admittedly, the Petitioner and Respondents are staying separately. The Petitioner is employed as an “Engineer” in Bajaj Auto 2 Company Ltd., and is drawing Rs.8,453/- towards salary after all deductions. The learned Judge of the Trial Court directed the Petitioner to pay an amount of Rs.1500/-as an interim maintenance to the Respondent- Wife after taking into consideration the status of the parties, reasonable needs of the claimant, income of the Petitioner and number of persons depending upon him. I do not find any error in the impugned order, so as to enable me to interfere with the impugned order in writ jurisdiction of this Court under Article 227 of the Constitution of India. The writ petition is according, dismissed. (R. V. MORE, J.)