Crl. R No. 808 OF 2010 ::1:: 1. Crl. R No. 808 OF 2010 Mayur Bhatia vs Smt. Tripti Bhatia & ors 2. Crl. R No. 945 of 2010 Kabeer Bhatia vs Mayur Bhatia ****** Present : Mr. N.S.Shekhawat, Advocate for the petitioner in Crl. R No.808 of 2010 and for the respondent in Crl. R No.945 of 2010. Mr. Vivek Goel, Advocate for the petitioner in Crl. R No.945 of 2010 and for the respondents in Crl. R No.808 of 2010. ******* This order will dispose of Crl. R Nos.808 and 945 of 2010. These revision petitions have been filed against the order dated 3.2.2010 passed by the learned District Judge, Family Court, Gurgaon whereby even while dismissing the application of the wife (since she did not press the same), the application for maintenance of the minor son has been allowed and a sum of Rs.10,000/- per month has been fixed as maintenance. In the revision petition filed by the husband, viz Crl. R No.808 of 2010, it is alleged that the aforesaid amount is excessive, while the minor has claimed in his petition that final maintenance should have been awarded from the date of the application and not from the date of the order. Learned Family Court has found that the monthly salary of the mother was about Rs.35,000/- while that of the father was about Rs.68,000/-. It also found that the child was studying in an expensive school where the monthly expenses were about Rs.7,000/-. In these circumstances, the award of Rs.10,000/- as Crl. R No. 808 OF 2010 ::2:: maintenance hardly can be considered to be excessive. Consequently, Crl. Revision No.808 of 2010 filed by the husband is dismissed. Coming to the petition filed by the minor child, counsel for the petitioner has argued that even on the date when the application was filed the child was studying in the school and, therefore, there was no logic or rationality for the learned Family Court to have restricted the payment from the date of the order rather than from the date of the application. Counsel for the husband has not been able to justify why the maintenance should be allowed from the date of the order and not from the date of the application. Consequently, Crl. R No.945 of 2010 is allowed and it is directed that the amount of Rs.10,000/- will be payable from the date of the application. ( AJAY TEWARI ) March 01, 2011. JUDGE `kk'