JUDGMENT :

Tarlok Singh Chauhan, J.

This petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India has been preferred against the order dated 31.5.2014 passed by learned Additional District Judge (II),Shimla in Application No. 59-S/6 of 2014 whereby he granted interim maintenance of Rs.1500/- and Rs. 5,000/- as litigation expenses to the respondent.

2. The respondent had filed a petition under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act (for short =Act') for dissolution of marriage on the ground of desertion and cruelty. During the pendency of the petition, an application under Section 24 of the Act claiming maintenance pendentelite and expenses of proceedings was preferred on the ground that she was working as a teacher at Abohar (Punjab) and did not have much income and was not in a position to maintain herself in a proper manner and was not in a position to bear the day to day expenses. It was alleged that though the respondent had income of her own but the same was not sufficient to support her or even to meet her necessary expenses. The petitioner on the other hand was stated to be earning about more than Rs.1,00,000/- per month as he was working as Lecturer at Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya,