( 1 ) KODANDARAMAYYA, J.-The contenders to the custody of the child-the paternal grandmother and the maternal grandfather have celebrated this cause. It is very unfortunate that in this family continuously for two generations there was a premature death of the manager and hence the present a pathy among the members of the family disclosed in these proceedings.

( 2 ) THE sole respondent in this appeal- one Kala Seethamahalakshmamma filed o. P. NO. 149 of 1978 on the file of the Chief Judge City Civil Court, Hyderabad under section 13 of the Hindu minorityand Guardianship Actxxxii of 1956 and section 25 of the Guardian and wards Act VII of 1890 for the custody of the minor Kala Gopala Krishna Kumar the present appellants are the respondents therein. We shall refer the array of part ties as in the O. P. The 1st respondent is the mother of minor Kala Gopala krishna Kumar son of late K. V. S. Viswanadha Sarma and the petitioner in the O. P. is the mother of the said K. V. S. Viswanadha Sarma and the paternal grandmother of the minor Kala Gopala krishna Kumar. The 2nd respondent is the 2nd husband cf the 1st respondent seethamahalakshmi alias Dabir Latha whom she married after the death

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