HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA CIVIL REVISION PETITION No. 5239 OF 2011 . DATED 28TH DECEMBER, 2011 BETWEEN Inala Veera Malleswara Rao …Petitioner And Smt. Inala Purnima ….Respondent. HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA CIVIL REVISION PETITION No. 5239 OF 2011 ORDER: The petitioner who is the husband of the respondent has filed the present revision impugning the order dated 3.11.2011 passed by the learned Additional Senior Civil Judge, Eluru, vide which the petitioner was directed to pay a sum of Rs.10,000/- per month on or before 5th of each month towards interim maintenance of the respondent. The learned Counsel for the petitioner submitted that the monthly net salary of the petitioner is Rs.27,000/- and awarding of Rs.10,000/- per month towards interim maintenance is on higher side. He submitted that the said interim maintenance be reduced from Rs.10,000/- to Rs.6,000/- per month. The learned Counsel referred the interim order passed by this whereby the petitioner was directed to pay a sum of Rs.6000/- pr month as interim arrangement. The learned Counsel for the respondent however placed before this Court the pay slip of the petitioner for the month of April, 2011, as per which, the total earnings and deductions are as follows: EARNINGS DEDUCTIONS Basic Salary Rs. 35,720.00 HRA 4,465.00 DA 4,273.00 Medical Allowance 500.00 Ee PF Contribution 4,799,00 Professional tax 200.00 GIS 60.00 Mobile bill recovery 652.00 LIC 2,219.00 Total earnings 44,958.00 Total Deductions 7,930.00 Total Home pay 37,028.00 The learned Counsel for the respondent submitted that even after deducting a sum of Rs.7,930/-, the petitioner’s take home salary is Rs.37,028/- per month and therefore, the Court below in fact ought to have directed to pay 1/3rd of the same to the respondent towards her interim maintenance. I have heard the learned Counsel on either side. A perusal of the pay slip of the petitioner shows that he is working as Assistant Engineer in the Eastern Power Distribution Company of AP Limited and his basic pay is Rs.35,720/- and his gross pay is more than Rs.37,000/- per month. Even taking into consideration all the expenses which the petitioner used to pay for his up keep, I am of the considered opinion that grant of more than Rs.10,000/- per month towards maintenance is just and fair and therefore the grant of maintenance at Rs.10,000/- per month cannot be said to be on higher side. Keeping in view, I find no merit in the revision petition and the same is accordingly dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. -------------------------------------- JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA Dated 28th December, 2011. Msnro