IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CONTEMPT PETITION NO 308 OF 2007 IN FIRST APPEAL NO 593 OF 2005 Pushpalata Ramesh Katke .. Petitioner V/s. Ramesh Gujappa Katke .. Respondent Shri. N.J. Patil for the Petitioner Shri. N.P. Deshpande for the Respondent Coram : R.M. Savant, J. Date : 16th February, 2009. P.C.: 1. The contempt alleged is of the order dated 05.05.2006 passed by the Ld. Single Judge of this Court. The said order directs the Respondent to deposit in the Court maintenance @ Rs. 3000/- per month for the period of 3 years before filing of the suit and for further period till 30.04.2006. The Respondent was granted time of five months to pay the maintenance as aforesaid. Thereafter, the Respondent was directed to pay the maintenance @ Rs. 4000/- per month from May 2006 onwards. 1 2. On account of non-compliance of the said order, the above Contempt Petition has been filed. In above Contempt Petition, Respondent has filed affidavit in reply wherein he has stated that as per the said order dated 05.05.2006, he has deposited an amount of Rs. 1,75,300/- and admitted that he was in arrears of Rs. 1,40,700/- up to 30.12.2007. 3. The Respondent has now filed an affidavit in the form of undertaking dated 16.01.2009 wherein in Para 2, he has stated that arrears as of 16.01.2009 are to the extent of 1,92,700/- and that he would pay the said amount within a period of six months from the date of the order that would be passed by this Court. The undertaking dated 16.01.2009 is accepted. The Respondent is granted six months time to pay the amount of Rs. 1,92,700/- and any additional amount towards arrears that is found due and payable by him up till date, on accounting within the aforesaid period. 4. In view of the said undertaking, the Learned Counsel for the Petitioner states that the Petitioner does not want to proceed against the Respondent in the Contempt jurisdiction. The Contempt Petition is accordingly disposed of. (R.M. Savant, J) 2 3