1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 10437 of 2009 Krishnat Vitthal Mane ....Petitioner v/s. Mangal Krishnat Mane ....Respondents Mr. Nishigandh N. Patil for the petitioner. CORAM:- A.M.KHANWILKAR, J DATED:- January 07, 2010. P.C. Although this Petition has been filed under Article 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India, Counsel for the Petitioner in all fairness accepts that the grounds of challenge in the present Petition can be answered in exercise of powers under Article 227 and Petition may be proceeded accordingly. On oral submission made by the Counsel for the Petitioner, this Petition is proceeded as one filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India. 2. The challenge in this Petition is to order passed by the Family Court, Pune dated 28th February, 2008 directing the Petitioner to pay interim maintenance to 2 the Respondents in the sum of Rs. 3000/- to maintain the Respondent’s wife and his two daughters collectively. The present Petition, however, is filed on 27th November, 2009. No explanation is offered as to what prevented the Petitioner to file this Petition almost after one year and nine months. The only reason that can be discerned from the argument is that after passing of the impugned order, the two daughters have been married. If that is the only grievance of the Petitioner, the Petitioner ought to have approached the trial Court for appropriate reliefs, if any, instead of questioning the correctness of the order for the first time before this Court at this distance of time. That is so because by the impugned order only interim maintenance has been fixed. 3. In the circumstances, this Petition is disposed of with liberty to the Petitioner to approach the Family Court for appropriate relief, if so advised. That Application will have to be decided on its own merits. (A.M.KHANWILKAR, J)