1 SSK/28 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 10136 OF 2009. Mr. Uday Prabhakar Kulkarni ....Petitioner Versus Mrs. Deepa Uday Kulkarni ...Respondent Mr. P. M. Pradhan, Advocate for the Petitioner. Mrs. Shilpa A. Joshi, Advocate for the Respondent. CORAM : R. V. MORE, J. DATED : 30th MARCH, 2010. P.C.: Heard Mr. Pradhan and Mrs.Joshi, learned Counsel for the Petitioner and Respondent, respectively. 2. The learned Judge of the Family Court by an impugned order partly allowed Respondent-wife’s application under section 24 of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 thereby granting maintenance @ Rs.14,000/- to her by way of interim alimony. It is not disputed that the Petitioner-husband is serving as a Deputy Engineer in BMC and he is due for retirement in the next year. It is further not disputed that he is drawing a gross salary of Rs. 43,367/- p.m. out which approximately an amount of Rs.7000/- is being 2 deducted under various heads. This salary is revised in accordance with the Sixth Pay Commission and the Petitioner may be getting more than Rs.43,000/-p.m.. The Respondent-Wife has no source of income, she is entitled to have status similar to that of Petitioner-husband. 3. In the light of the above circumstances, I find that the amount granted by way of interim alimony under the impugned order is reasonable and needs no interference. The Petition is without any merits and therefore, dismissed. (R. V. MORE, J.)