IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH : HYDERABAD WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND (22ND) DAY OF JUNE, TWO THOUSAND AND ELEVEN Present: HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G.V.SEETHAPATHY CRP No.1701 of 2001 Between: Ajay Kumar …Petitioner And: Sujatha @ Chandrakala … Respondent HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G.V.SEETHAPATHY Civil Revision Petition No.1701 of 2001 ORDER: This revision petition is directed against the order dated 16.03.2001 in IA No.12 of 2001 in OP No.395 of 1999 on the file of the Judge, Family Court, Hyderabad, wherein the said application filed by the respondent herein was allowed, granting interim maintenance of Rs.1000/- per month, till the disposal of the OP, besides, granting Rs.1000/- towards legal expenses. 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner. Perused the record. 3. The petitioner herein filed OP No.395 of 1999 for divorce against his wife-respondent herein in the year 1999. On the application filed by the respondent herein under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act, seeking interim maintenance of Rs.2,000/- per month, the impugned order was passed granting Rs.1000/- per month. The petitioner is admittedly an employee, working as Chemical Examiner. He claims that he was getting only Rs.1200/- per month, but failed to file any salary certificate. The respondent herein was admittedly un-employed and is having no income of her own. The learned Judge, Family Court, in the circumstances, granted interim maintenance of Rs.1000/- per month, which cannot be considered as excessive or unreasonable. The civil revision petition was filed in the year 2001. At this length of time about 10 years after passing the impugned order, the interference with the same is uncalled for. 4. In the result, the civil revision petition is dismissed. No order as to costs. __________________ G.V.SEETHAPATHY, J Date: 22.06.2011 bss