-1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.5297 OF 200 WRIT PETITION NO.5297 OF 200 WRIT PETITION NO.5297 OF 2007 Sou.Savita Rajendra Jadhav, .. Petitioner Vs Rajendra Namdeo Jadhav, .. Respondent. Mr V.D.Patil, for the petitioner. Mr Amol Mhatre, i/b Goenka Law Associates, for the respondents. CORAM : D.B.Bhosale,J. CORAM : D.B.Bhosale,J. CORAM : D.B.Bhosale,J. DATE : 04.03.08. DATE : 04.03.08. DATE : 04.03.08. PC: PC: PC: 1. Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2. This petition is directed against an order dated 28.3.2007 passed by the trial Court on the application at Exhibit-12 in H.M.P. No.187 of 2005, rejecting the said application filed by the petitioner-wife seeking maintenance for herself and her 13-years-old daughter. She prayed for Rs.10,000/- per month for them both. 3. Learned counsel for the parties fairly state that I need not record reasons for disposing of this writ petition and they have agreed for the following order. (i) The respondent-husband shall open a Recurring Deposit Account in the name of a minor daughter -2- Aishwarya in Bank of Maharashtra at its Kodoli Branch, Satara within two weeks from today and shall deposit Rs.2500/- on or before 10th of every month until disposal of the divorce petition filed by him finally and subject to directions that will be given in the final judgment by the trial Court. The petitioner to be shown as her guardian for opening the said account. The petitioner will cooperate for opening of the account as aforementioned. Neither the petitioner nor the respondent will be allowed to withdraw the amount from this account without permission of the court. (ii) Insofar as arrears at the rate of Rs.2500/- pm from the date of the application till the end of February, 2008 are concerned, the respondent shall keep it in a fixed deposit in the very same bank in the name of the minor daughter Aishwariya, showing the petitioner as her guardian within a period of four months from today. The fixed deposit shall be for a period of six years subject to further orders, that will be passed by the court below while disposing of the main petition. (iii) In addition thereto, the respondent-husband shall pay Rs.2500/- pm to the petitioner as maintenance allowance for the daughter by cheque on or before 10th of every month. Insofar as the arrears at the rate of Rs.2500/- from the date of the application are concerned, the respondent-husband shall pay the same -3- within four months from today. (iv) Insofar as the right of the petitioner to get maintenance is concerned, the same shall be considered by the trial Court while disposing of the petition filed by the respondent-husband for divorce on merits in accordance with law and without being influenced by the observations made in the impugned order. All contentions of the parties are kept open. The trial Court shall endeavour to dispose of the main petition as expeditiously as possible and preferably within a period of six months from the date of receipt of this order. With these observations, the writ petition is disposed of. (D.B.Bhosale,J.) (D.B.Bhosale,J.) (D.B.Bhosale,J.)