THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V ESWARAIAH C.R.P. NO. 1564 OF 2009 DATE: 28.1.2011 BETWEEN: Patnaikuni Venkata Satya Madhusudhana Rao petitioner And Patnaikuni Madhavi and ors respondents Counsel for the petitioner : Mr P Venkat Reddy Counsel for the respondents: Mr.M Krishna Rao The Court made the following order: THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V ESWARAIAH C.R.P. NO. 1564 OF 2009 ORDER: This revision is filed against the order dated 26.2.2009 in I A No. 56 of 2009 in O.P. No. 762 of 2008 by the Additional Family Judge, Visakapatnam, granting interim maintenance of Rs.10,000/- to the wife/first respondent and Rs.3000/- each to the daughters/respondents 2 and 3 herein. The petitioner herein is husband of first respondent and father of respondents 2 and 3. The respondents herein filed O P No. 762 of 2008 on the file of the Additional Family Court, Visakapatnam for grant of maintenance and other reliefs and pending said Original Petition, an interlocutory application in I.A.No. 56 of 2009 was filed under section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act for grant of interim maintenance at the rate of Rs.15,000/- per month to the first respondent/wife, Rs.10,000/- to the second respondent/first daughter aged about 11 years and Rs.5000/- to the third respondent/second daughter aged about 8 years. The case of the first respondent/wife is that her parents presented huge amount of cash, gold, Television, Fridge , Vehicle and such other items at the time of marriage and thereafter also given a cash of Rs.1,50,000/- in April, 2000 and later in the year 2004, a house site was given to the revision petitioner and with said help the petitioner herein has developed several educational institutions and acquired properties in his name and in the name of other family members and that he is ill treated her tortured her both mentally and physically. It is further stated that in April, 2006, he necked out the respondents herein and refused to maintain them. It is alleged that the revision petitioner is earning a monthly income of Rs.3,00,000/- from the educational institutions and that they are entitled to interim maintenance. The revision petitioner herein filed a counter affidavit before the court below, denying the allegations made against him. The learned Family Court Judge, Visakapatnam, upon consideration of the matter, held that the respondents herein are entitled to maintenance and granted a monthly maintenance of Rs.10,000/- to first respondent and Rs.3,000/- each to the respondents 2 and 3/daughters, thus in all a monthly maintenance of Rs.16,000/- was granted to the respondents herein from the date of filing of the petition, by the Court below. The Court below further directed to pay the arrears of the interim maintenance on or before 18.3.2009 and shall pay the monthly interim maintenance on or before 10th of every succeeding month. Aggrieved by the same, husband filed the present revision petition and this Court while issuing notices to the respondents by order dated 24.4.2009 granted interim stay on condition of petitioner paying interim maintenance at the rate of Rs.10,000/- per month to the respondents. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that the petitioner is paying the monthly maintenance regularly, but same was disputed by the learned counsel appearing for the respondents and it is stated that still arrears of maintenance is due and petitioner is not regularly paying the maintenance. I am not inclined to express any opinion in this regard as the same has to be proved by way of making calculations and the same has to be gone into by the Court below. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, this Court has granted a monthly maintenance of Rs.10,000/- from the date of filing of the petition before the Court below to all the respondents, which appears just and reasonable at this juncture, as the matter is pending and the evidence is required to be adduced before the court below. In the circumstances the revision petition is disposed of directing the petitioner herein to pay interim monthly maintenance at the rate of Rs.10,000/- to the respondents from the date of filing of I A No. 56 of 2009. The petitioner herein shall pay the arrears till January, 2011 at the rate of Rs.10,000/- per month, by the end of February, 2011. Further, the petitioner is directed to pay the interim monthly maintenance regularly before 10th of every succeeding month from February, 2011 onwards, till the disposal of the main Original Petition pending before the Court below. The Additional Family Court, Visakapatnam is directed to dispose of O.P. No.762 of 2008 on priority basis. No costs. ______________ V ESWARAIAH,J DATE: 28.1.2011 TVK THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V ESWARAIAH C.R.P. NO. 1564 OF 2009 DATE: 28.1.2011