VEERASWAMI, J. :- This is an appeal by the first defendant from a decree of the Additional Subordinate Judge, Mayuram, granting maintenance at the rate of Rs. 15 per mensem to each of the first three plaintiffs, at Rs. 30 per mensem to the fourth plaintiff, and a further payment to the plaintiffs of Rs. 10 per mensem towards their residence. The decree also directed the first defendant to pay plaintiffs past maintenance for a period or three years at the said rate. The properties described in the plaint B schedule were charged with the maintenance so decreed. The suit was instituted in forma pauperis for partition and separate possession of the first plaintiff's one fifth share in the suit properties and for right of residence of the fourth plaintiff in item 1 of the plaint A schedule and for maintenance at Rs. 100 per mensem from 1-4-1958, and for past and future maintenance at the same rate for the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs' case was that the first defendant, who had a spouse living, married the fourth plaintiff on 9-5-1951 at Mayuram. It is not in dispute that the fourth plaintiff is a Malayalee lady and that she has been a permanent resident of Travancore State. After