The respondents before the lower court are the appellants herein. The present appeal has been directed against the judgment and decree dated 1. 1992 in G.W.O.P.No.156 of 1990 on the file of the District Judge, Chengalpattu.

.2. The respondent herein, who is the father of the minor Ramachandran alias Anandan now aged about 4 1/2 years, has filed the Guardian Wards O.P.No.156 of 1990 under Sec.25(1) of the Guard-ian and Wards Act, read with Sec.6(a) of the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956, to direct the respondents/appellants herein, who are the maternal grand parents of the minor, to hand over the custody of the minor to the respondent herein.

3. The short facts are, the respondent married the appellants’ daughter Dhanalakshmi on 12. 1987 at Villivakkam and that the marriage was solemnized according to Hindu rites and Custom. The respondent is employed in Tamil Nadu Civil Supply Corporation at Kancheepuram, which is his native place. They were living happily for two years after the marriage at Kancheepuram. The minor child was born on 7.2 1988 at Rakki Hospital, Ambattur. The respondent was then transferred to Ponnamallee and was living with his wife at the resi