In both these appeals, wife is the appellant.

2. O.P. No.254 of 1991 was filed by the wife on the file of the Subordinate Judge, Thanjavur, for restitution of conjugal rights. That was filed on 8. 1991. Counter was filed by the husband on 2. 1992. Im- mediately thereafter, husband filed H.M.O.P. No. 19 of 1992, on the file of the Subordinate Judge’s Court, Kumbakonam on 33. 1992. The wife seems to have filed an application for transfer in view of the pendency of O.P. No.254 of 1991 before the Subordinate Judge’s Court, Thanjavur as Tr.O.P. No.61 of 1992. The District Court, allowed the petition and H.M.O.P. No.19 of 1992 was transferred to the Subordinate Judge’s Court, Thanjavur, where it was re-numbered as

O.P. No.59 of 1992. It was thereafter the wife filed a counter in O.P. No.59 of 1992 on 111. 1992.

3. I have stated the dates of filing of petitions and counter-affidavits since they have some relevancy when I deal with the matter regarding the merits of the case.

4. In the petition filed by the wife for restitution of conjugal rights, it is averred that the marriage took place on 9. 1986 at Swamimalai. At that time, the respondent (husband) was employed at Tirunelve