K.M. Natarajan, J.

1. These two appeals were filed by the unsuccessful wife before the lower appellate court.

2. The facts which are necessary for the disposal of these two appeals are briefly as follows: The appellant herein (wife) filed O.P. No. 144 of 1978 before the Principal Sub Judge, Cuddalore, under Section 9(1) of the Hindu Marriage Act for restitution of conjugal rights, and after summons were received in the above proceedings, the husband, who is the respondent in these appeals, filed O.P. No. 158 of 1978 for dissolution of Marriage under Section 13(1) of the Hindu Marriage Act on the ground of desertion. The case of the appellant is that she married the respondent on 16-9-1967 according to Hindu sastras in her husband's house in Melkangay-ankuppam. Thereafter they lived together at Melkangayankuppam for some time and later at Thiruvannamalai where the respondent was working as Assistant Professor in Government College. In September, 1968, she gave birth to a female child by name Meenakshi and in April, 1972, she gave birth to another female child by name Dhanalakshmi. After the birth of the second child, she returned to her husband's house and lived with him for a