IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH: HYDERABAD WEDNESDAY, THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU CRIMINAL REVISION CASE No.1275 OF 2010 BETWEEN: J. Raghu S/o. Jagadish …. Petitioner AND State of A.P., rep. by the Public Prosecutor and others …. Respondents HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU CRIMINAL REVISION CASE No.1275 OF 2010 ORDER: This revision petition is sought to be filed by the husband / father against order dated 26-04-2010 passed by the Judge, Family Court, Ranga Reddy District in M.C. No.147 of 2008 by which maintenance of Rs.3,000/- per month was granted to the wife / second respondent; Rs.1,500/- per month was granted to the minor daughter / third respondent and Rs.1,000/- per month was granted to the minor son / fourth respondent from the date of the petition. 2. The petitioner is working as Hamali in the Defence Department and is getting gross salary of Rs.12,000/- per month and net salary of Rs.8,000/- per month. After the present pay revision, the petitioner must be getting much more than above amounts, which he was getting in the year 2008. According to the petitioner, he has got aged and sick mother and also unmarried brothers, who are dependents on him. The petitioner did not file his present salary certificate. Any medical expenses of his sick mother will be reimbursed by the department in which he is working. On the pretext of maintaining his old aged mother and unmarried brothers, he cannot avoid to maintain his own wife and minor children. Having regard to all these circumstances of the case, the lower Court rightly fixed the quantums of maintenance payable by the petitioner to the respondents 2 to 4. 3. In the result, the revision is dismissed. 4. The petitioner is given liberty to pay @ Rs.20,000/- per month towards arrears of maintenance apart from paying current maintenance amounts. __________________________ SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU, J July 14, 2010 KTL