( 1 ) THESE appeals are filed by the husband against the order of the Additional District and Sessions Judge, Delhi, refusing decree for divorce on the ground of cruelty and on the ground of desertion. The husband filed a petition on the ground of cruelty first and thereafter a petition for divorce on the ground of desertion was filed. The two petitions were consolidated and disposed of by a common order of the Additional District and Sessions Judge dated 27-8-1983. The marriage between the parties took place on 20-11-1975. In October, 1976 a son was born. It is alleged that on 22-8-1977 the wife left the matrimonial home. The petition for divorce on the ground of cruelty was filed on 8-8-1978. On 21-11-1979 a petition for divorce on the ground of desertion by the wife was filed.

( 2 ) BOTH husband and wife were working as Clerks in different Government departments at Delhi at the time of their marriage. In 1977 the husband got himself transferred to Ferozpur. Practically for the last seven years they are staying separate. The child is with the mother. The parties are young and the alleged grounds of cruelty were not serious. I, therefore, made an attempt at reconcili