( 1 ) RULE returnable today. Learned Advocate Mr. R. S. Sanjanwala appears for and waives service on behalf of the respondent.

( 2 ) THE present Revision Application arises from the order dated 16/05/1992 made by the learned Assistant Judge, Valsad, below application Exh. 14 in Guardianship Application no. 13/1991. The petitioner before this Court is the father of the minor child, and the opponent in the said Application no. 13/1991.

( 3 ) THE petitioner herein is residing at Dadra in the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli. The respondent herein, the applicant in the Application no. 13/1991 (hereinafter referred to as the applicant), is the wife of the petitioner. The dispute is as regards the guardianship of the minor child ` Roshni .

( 4 ) THE petitioner a resident of Dadra, and the applicant a resident of Umargaon, District Valsad, were married in the year 1980. The minor child `roshni was born in the month of December, 1989 at Umargaon. After her birth, the applicant alongwith the minor child `roshni went to Dadra to reside with her husband-the father of the minor child `roshni. However, soon thereafter, they were estranged. The applicant left her matrimo