CR No. 1565 of 2009 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Revision No. 1565 of 2009 (O&M) Date of decision: March 21, 2009 Gurtej Singh .. Petitioner v. Balwinder Kaur .. Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr. Mehar Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. .. Rajesh Bindal J. Challenge in the present petition is to the order dated 28.2.2009, passed by the learned court below, whereby in an application filed by the respondent-wife under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (for short, `the Act'), maintenance of Rs. 1,500/- per month has been fixed as payable to the respondent wife. In addition to this, Rs. 5,500/- has been allowed on account of litigation expenses. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner is merely earning a sum of Rs. 2,620/- per month by working as un-skilled labourer with M/s Pawan Kumar and Davinder Kumar, Labour Contractor. He has to maintain his minor daughter as well. It is not posssible for him to give Rs. 1,500/- per month as maintenance to the respondent-wife. Considering the fact that while issuing notice of motion, some litigation expenses are required to be fixed to be payable to the respondent-wife in lump sum and if it is found that the minor daughter is living with the petitioner and not with the respondent, as is observed by the learned court below in the impugned order, though there may be some scope for re-consideration of the amount of maintenance fixed by the learned court below, but still in my opinion, it would be in the interest of justice in the facts and circumstances of the present case that the learned court below is directed to dispose of the petition filed by the petitioner under Section 13 of the Act for dissolution of marriage as early as possible. Accordingly, the learned court below is directed to dispose of the divorce petition pending before it on or before 31.12.2009. CR No. 1565 of 2009 [2] The revision petition stands disposed of. (Rajesh Bindal) Judge 21.3.2009 mk