Civil Revision No. 2881 of 2009 -1- **** IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Revision No. 2881 of 2009 Date of decision: 19.4.2010 Swaran Singh @ Sarwan Singh ...Petitioner Versus Baljinder Kaur and another ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S.D.ANAND. Present: Mr. P.K.S.Phoolka, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. A.S.Barnala, Advocate for the respondent. S.D.ANAND, J. The petitioner herein is father-in-law of the respondent who is wife of former's pre-deceased son. In a suit filed by the respondent (the latter being a minor son born to respondent no.1 from the loins of her predeceased husband), the learned Trial Court awarded a sum of Rs.1500/- per month as interim maintenance. Learned Trial Court also awarded litigation expenses of Rs.3000/- to be payable to the respondent. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner states that the respondents are welcome to join the petitioner at latter's home and they will have no financial difficulty over there. The plea is resisted by the learned counsel for the respondent (under instructions from respondent, who is present in Court) who informs that her return to her former matrimonial home is plainly ruled out in view of the temperamental discomfiture. Civil Revision No. 2881 of 2009 -2- **** It is common ground otherwise that petitioner owns agricultural holding of five acres. Though there also is no controversy that he leases that land out to some one else as he is too old to cultivate, it cannot be denied that he is getting sufficient income from there. The petitioner cannot wish away that his predeceased son also had a share in the ancestral property and the respondent being the wife and child of the latter are entitled to atleast their share in that land. The amount fixed by the learned Trial Court is not inappropriate. Even otherwise, the fixture aforementioned is interim in character. By the very nature of things, an interim fixture is aimed at alleviating immediate hardship faced by the dependents/claimants. In the light thereof, the petition is held to be denuded of merit and is ordered to be dismissed. In the circumstances of the case, it is directed that learned Trial Court shall dispose of the suit itself within three months from the next date of hearing. The acknowledgment (of a copy of this order) issued by the concerned Judicial Officer shall be forwarded to the Registry of this Court. Learned Sessions Judge shall himself maintain a tab to ensure that the case is disposed of by afore-mentioned date. April 19, 2010 (S.D.Anand) Pka Judge