1 abs FARAD CONTINUATION IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 1599 OF 2010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Court's or Judge's Orders Coram, appearances, Court's Orders or directions and Registrar's Orders Mr. N.L. Kargutkar for the petitioner. Mr. P.D. Bhosle for the respondent. CORAM : D.G. KARNIK, J. DATE : 16TH JUNE 2010 P.C. : 1. The petitioner husband challenges the order dated 7th September 2009 passed by the 7th Family Court, Mumbai awarding maintenance of Rs.1500/- per month to the two children born to the respondent from the petitioner. 2. According to the respondent wife, the petitioner is a contractor and takes contracts for 2 civil works and earns about Rs.30,000/- per month. In the affidavit in reply, the petitioner has stated in para 11 as follows:- “11. With reference to para 6, the Respondent States that the Respondent is working on contract basis and accordingly the Respondent gets the work as and when it is available. The Respondent denies that the Respondent is earning Rs.30,000/- per month.” The petitioner, who is respondent in the marriage petition, has thus admitted that he is working as a contractor. Except for the bare denial that he does not earn Rs.30,000/- per month, the petitioner has not stated anything about his income. 3. Taking into consideration the fact that the petitioner has not stated anything about his income and also taking into consideration the 3 cost of living today, award of maintenance of Rs.1500/- per month to each of the two children cannot be said to be in any way erroneous. The writ petition is accordingly rejected summarily. (D.G. KARNIK, J.)