IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Revision No.558/2011 Date of decision:27.1.2011. Atul Traghotia .............Petitioner v Smt.Manisha ..............Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH Present:- Mr.Sudhir Nar,Advocate for the petitioner. Jaswant Singh,J. Petitioner/husband has filed the instant revision petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India for setting aside the order dated 11.12.2010 (P1) passed by the learned Additional District Judge, Ambala, whereby the petitioner has been directed to pay a sumof Rs.1400/- per month as maintenance pendente lite to the respondent wife besides Rs.11,000/.- as litigation expenses. It is submitted by the learned counsel that the petitioner is working as an Attendant in Bharti Wal Mart,Zirakpur and is drawing Rs.4200/- per month. It is further submitted that the petitioner is to look after his widowed mother, one unmarried sister and one brother and as such the maintenance pendente lite/litigation expenses granted are on higher side. It is further submitted that respondent wife is gainfully employed and hence financially independent. After hearing the learned counsel for the petitioner, I find no illegality or perversity in the impugned order. The relationship of husband and wife between the petitioner and respondent is not denied. It is also not denied that the petitioner husband is legally and morally bound to maintain the respondent wife. While granting the maintenance pendente lite the learned Additional District Judge has taken into consideration the salary certificate of petitioner-husband, according to which he was getting monthly salary of Rs.4200/- per month. Further the learned Additional District Judge has noticed that petitioner husband has not produced any document to show that the wife was gainfully employed and thus financially independent. For the reasons stated above,finding no illegality or perversity in the impugned order, the present revision petition is dismissed. 27.1.2011. (Jaswant Singh) joshi Judge