IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD TUESDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR CIVIL REVISION PETITION No.1199 OF 2010 BETWEEN Podugu Satyanarayana. …PETITIONER AND Smt. Podugu Karuna @ Kamala. …RESPONDENT Counsel for the petitioner: MR. K.A. NARASIMHAM Counsel for the Respondent: --NONE APPEARED-- The Court made the following: - ORDER: The respondent though served, nobody appears. 2. The impugned order in I.A.No.553 of 2009 in O.P.No.469 of 2008 dated 05.01.2010 is sought to revised at the instance of petitioner/husband, who is aggrieved by the order of the Family Court granting interim maintenance in favour of respondent/wife at Rs.2,000/- per month. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that the petitioner is employed in a private firm and getting salary of Rs.4,000/- per month whereas the respondent/wife is said to be a Government employee and she is earning. Therefore, it is not necessary for the respondent/wife to claim maintenance from the petitioner/husband. Learned counsel also relies upon the salary certificate dated 14.11.2009 issued by Dheeraj Engineering Works certifying that the petitioner is working as an Accountant and is paid Rs.4,000/- per month. He, therefore, contends that the grant of maintenance at Rs.2,000/- per month is excessive. 4. This Court while issuing notice on admission on 04.06.2010 granted interim stay on condition of the petitioner depositing Rs.1,500/- per month towards maintenance. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that the said order is being complied with every month. 5. Keeping in view the income of the petitioner, as certified by his employer, and in view of the fact that the petitioner is complying with the interim order, referred to above, I deem it appropriate to modify the impugned order by substituting Rs.2,000/- by Rs.1,500/- per month towards maintenance. The civil revision petition is accordingly allowed in part. There shall be no order as to costs. _____________________ VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR, J November 23, 2010 DSK