( 1 ) THESE two Civil Miscellaneous arise out of connected C. M. A. No. 825 of 1981 is filed against the order dt. 19-8-1981 in O. P. No. 16 of 1979 dismissing the petition filed by the husband for divorce. C. M. A. No. 324 of 1983 is filed against the order in I. A. No. 203 of 1981 dt. 12-4-83 in O. P. No. 16 of 1979 granting maintenance to the wife. In both the appeals the husband is the appellant.

( 2 ) WE will first take up C. M. A. No. 825 of 1981. The parties were married on 1-6- 1975 at Srikakulam. The respondent is the appellant s step-sisters daughter and is a native of Bhilaspur. The parties lived happily for a year. The case of the appellant is that the respondent was taken by her father for Dasara, one year after the marriage and never sent her back. The respondent s father was always insisting that some property should be kept in the name of the respondent and he was more interested in money than his daughter s happy marital life. In spite of repeated requests, the respondent never returned from her parents house. He seeks for dissolution of the marriage on the ground of desertion. The respondent filed a counter stating that the appellant developed illic