IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CR. REV. No.1378 of 2011 Gulam Gaus, S/O Late Fakharuddin resident of Mohalla- Sai, C/O Md. Parwez, P.S.- Daltenganj, District- Palamu. At Present Residing at Village- Bahara Goda College East, P.O + P.S.- Bahara Goda East, District- Singhbum (Jharkhand). ………Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. Rubi Praveen D/O Latifur Rahman Residing At Mohalla - Sumali, P.S.- Sherghat, District- Gaya …….Opposite Parties ----------- 3. 23.11.2011 This revision application has been filed under Section 19(4) of the Family Courts Act against the order dated 5.01.2007 passed by the learned Principal Judge, Family Court, Gaya in Misc. Case No.130/2005 by which the petitioner has been directed to pay a sum of Rs.2000/- per month for the maintenance of his wife, opposite party no.2 and three children namely, Shilpi, Bittu and Gomasi. Heard Mr. Mahendra Thakur, the learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Anil Kumar, the learned A.P.P. for the State. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that since the petitioner did not get notice, he did not appear and the petitioner is suffering from mental disease for the year 2001 and treatment is going on in Central Institute of Psychiatric, Ranchi. The petitioner is unable to 2 pay the amount of maintenance. After hearing the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned counsel for the State as well as on perusal of the impugned order, it appears that notice has been issued to the petitioner, but he did not turn up. Thereafter the notice was also published in the daily newspaper, but the petitioner did not appear and ultimately, the case was fixed for ex-parte hearing. Three witnesses have been examined on behalf of the opposite party no.2 and they have supported the case of opposite party. A.Ws. I & 2 have stated that the petitioner is a clerk in Baharagora College and draws salary of Rs.8000/- per month, whereas, the opposite party no.2 has got no source of income. It further appears that a report was called for from the Principal, Baharagora College about salary of the petitioner, Gulam Gaus and according to that report, his salary is Rs.6467.00 per month in total and after deduction net salary is Rs.6030.20. After considering all the materials, the learned Principal Judge has granted a sum of Rs.2000/-permonth for the maintenance of his wife and three children, which is itself meagre amount. I do not find any ground to interfere with the impugned order. This 3 petition is dismissed. I.A. No.2277 of 2011 filed under Section 5 of the Limitation Act for condonation of delay also stands disposed of. V.K. Pandey ( Amaresh Kumar Lal, J.)