HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B.PRAKASH RAO AND HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE R.KANTHA RAO CIVIL MISCELLANEOUS APPEAL No.2700 of 2002 JUDGMENT: (per the Hon’ble Sri Justice R.Kantha Rao) This appeal is filed by the husband, who is the respondent in O.S.No.33 of 2001 on the file of the Family Court, Secunderabad, challenging the order dated 10/07/2002 granting interim maintenance at the rate of Rs.1,200/- to the first respondent, Rs.700/- to the second respondent and Rs.600/- to the third respondent respectively. It has been contended by the learned counsel appearing for the appellant in this appeal that the Court below has not properly appreciated the facts and ought not to have granted interim maintenance to the respondents. According to the learned counsel, the appellant is getting only Rs.3,782/- as net salary and the Court below at least ought to have reduced the amount of interim maintenance. Having gone through the submissions made by the learned counsel and having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case and upon considering the fact that the appellant is only a petty employee working as an attender in Doordarshan, Ramantapur, Hyderabad, we are of the view that the appellant will face much difficulty and hardship to pay maintenance of Rs.2,500/- to all the respondents. At the same time, we are not inclined to accept the contention of the learned counsel for the appellant that the respondents are not entitled to any maintenance. Therefore, in this appeal, we reduce the maintenance granted to the first respondent from Rs.1,200/- to Rs.1,000/-, the amount of Rs.700/- granted to the second respondent to Rs.500/- and the amount granted to respondent No.3 from Rs.600/- to Rs.500/-. Now the appellant has to pay the interim maintenance as mentioned above i.e., an amount of Rs.2,000/- to all the respondents from the date of filing of the petition. With the above reduction in the rate of maintenance amount, the Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is partly allowed. No order as to costs. _________________ B.PRAKASH RAO, J ________________ R.KANTHA RAO, J 25th January, 2010 SKM