IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 03.07.2026 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ABDUL QUDDHOSE C.R.P. No. 3172 of 2026 & C.M.P. No. 13888 of 2026 Ragu @ Maheswaran ..Petitioner Vs. Samundeeswari ..Respondent Prayer: Civil Revision Petition filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India to set aside the order and decree dated 06.12.2025 passed in I.A. No. 553 of 2023 in M.O.P. No. 737 of 2022 by the Family Court, Pondicherry. For Petitioner :: Mr.K.S. Ilangovan O R D E R This civil revision petition is filed challenging the impugned order dated 06.12.2025 passed by the Family Court, Pondicherry in I.A. No. 553 of 2023 in M.O.P. No. 737 of 2022. 1\4 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis 2. In the aforesaid order, the petitioner, who is the husband, has been directed to pay an interim maintenance of Rs.8000/- per month to the respondent, his wife and child from the date of filing of I.A. No. 553 of 2023 till the disposal of M.O.P. No. 737 of 2022. The petitioner has also been directed to settle the arrears of interim maintenance payable to the respondent within a period of 3 months from the date of the impugned order. 3. The petitioner, aggrieved by the interim maintenance amount fixed by the Court below, has filed this civil revision petition. 4. Before the Court below, the respondent has categorically stated that she does not have any source of income and has no means to maintain her child. Out of the wedlock between the petitioner and the respondent, admittedly, they have a child, who is now going to school. When the petitioner is having a child born out of his wedlock with the respondent, the question of interfering with the impugned order directing the petitioner to pay the interim maintenance amount of Rs.8000/- per month to the respondent and her child does not arise as the sum fixed by the Court 2\4 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis below towards interim maintenance cannot be considered to be unreasonable. 5. The Court below has rightly considered the materials available on record and only thereafter, has fixed the interim maintenance amount payable by the petitioner to the respondent. This Court does not find any infirmity in the impugned order. Accordingly, there are no merits in the civil revision petition and the same is dismissed. No costs. Connected miscellaneous petition is closed. 6. Learned counsel for the petitioner seeks time for the petitioner to pay the arrears of interim maintenance amount to the respondent. 7. Considering the request made, the petitioner is directed to pay the arrears of interim maintenance amount to the respondent, as per the impugned order, from the date of filing of the application in I.A. No. 553 of 2023 in M.O.P. No. 737 of 2022, within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. 03.07.2026 nv 3\4 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis ABDUL QUDDHOSE,J. nv To The Family Court, Pondicherry. C.R.P. No. 3172 of 2026 03.07.2026 4\4 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis