THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE B. CHANDRA KUMAR Criminal Revision Case No. 1874 of 2009 Date: 10.11.2009 Between: Katikam Ra Babu. .. Petitioner/Respondent/Respondent. And The State of A.P., rep. by the Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad and others. .. Respondents. THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE B. CHANDRA KUMAR Criminal Revision Case No. 1874 of 2009 Order: This revision is directed against the order dated 19.10.2009 passed by the learned District Judge, Family Court, Guntur, in Crl.M.P. No.724 of 2009 in M.C. No.152 of 2008. The petitioner herein has been disputing his relationship with respondents 2 and 3 herein. According to him, the third respondent is not his son. The case of the petitioner is that since he is disputing his relationship with respondents 2 and 3, he need not pay any maintenance to them. This Court, on earlier occasion, ordered that if the petitioner is responsible for the delay in disposal of maintenance case he has to pay interim maintenance and if the respondents 2 and 3 are responsible for the delay, they shall not be entitled for interim maintenance. The lower Court, in the impugned order, specifically came to the conclusion that the petitioner herein is responsible for the delay in disposal of maintenance case, and directed the petitioner herein to pay the arrears of interim maintenance of Rs.2000/- per month to respondents 2 and 3 for the months of July, August and September 2009, which comes to Rs.6000/-. I do not see any illegality or irregularity in the order passed by the lower Court. However, since the petitioner is disputing his relationship with the respondents 2 and 3, I consider it just and reasonable to order as follows. The petitioner herein is directed to pay Rs.500/- (Rupees Five Hundred only) per month each to respondents 2 and 3 herein i.e., total Rs.1000/- per month on or before 10th of every succeeding month pending disposal of the M.C. without fail. It is made clear that the above order shall be without prejudice to the contentions raised by the petitioner in the maintenance case. The trial Court is directed to dispose of the M.C as early as possible. The Criminal Revision Case is accordingly disposed of. ______________________ B. CHANDRA KUMAR, J. Date: 10.11.2009 Nsr