IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Revision No.4485 of 2008 (O&M) Date of decision: July 22, 2009. Bikkar singh @ Bikarjit Singh ...Petitioner(s) v. Amarjit Kaur & Ors. ...Respondent(s) CORAM:HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA KANT 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment ? 2. Whether to be referred to the Reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Present: Shri G.N. Malik, Advocate, for the petitioner. Shri Amarjit Markan, Advocate, for the respondents. ORDER Surya Kant, J. - (Oral): This revision petition is at the instance of the judgment-debtor (husband) who is aggrieved at the order dated 10th December, 2007 passed by the Additional Civil Judge (Senior division)-cum-Executing Court, Malerkotla. Vide the aforesaid order, the salary of the petitioner has been attached due to non-payment of the arrears of maintenance awarded vide judgment dated 21.5.2005 passed by Civil Judge (Junior Division), Malerkotla to his respondent-wife and two daughters. Notice of motion was issued and pursuant thereto, learned counsel for both the parties have been heard. Learned counsel for the respondents points out that the petitioner is in arrears of more than Rs.3.50 lacs besides the monthly maintenance of Rs.4500/-. The petitioner, who is present in person, undertakes and has made a statement on oath that he shall keep on paying Rs.50,000/- per month towards arrears of maintenance and shall clear all the dues within a period of seven months. He also undertakes that during this period as well as in future he shall continue to pay the monthly maintenance as well. He has further undertaken that the first installment of Rs.50,000/- shall be paid by him before 15th August, 2009 and subsequent installments of even amount before the 15th day of each consecutive month. In view of the above given undertaking by the petitioner, the Executing Court is directed not to put the agricultural land and/or any other immovable property of the petitioner to auction for the purpose of recovery of the arrears of maintenance. However, the order of attachment of salary of the petitioner shall continue to operate. Similarly, the petitioner, as per his own undertaking, is restrained from alienating and/or creating any type of incumbrance on the agricultural land or other immovable properties. In case the petitioner fails to honour his undertaking and does not pay the arrears of maintenance or future maintenance regularly, the respondents shall be at liberty to approach the Executing Court to take lawful coercive means to effect the recovery. With these observations and directions, the revision petition is disposed of. Dasti. July 22, 2009. [ Surya Kant ] kadyan Judge