This is a reference made by the learned Sessions Judge, Medak recommending that the order of maintenance passed by the trial Court in favour of the wife at the rate of Rs. 20 per month should be set aside and in view of a decision of the erstwhile Hyderabad High Court in Wahab Ali v. Qambo Bi1, holding that if the previous divorce is not established, the divorce will operate from the time which is mentioned in the written statement, the husband should be directed to pay maintenance for the period of iddat i.e. about four months. In this case it appears to me that the husband (petitioner) in his counter had alleged that as he had divorced his wife two years prior to the petition for maintenance, no question of maintenance arises but he could not establish the fact that he had pronounced divorce two years prior to the petition. Therefore the plea of the husband was rejected by the trial Court and as a result the order of maintenance was passed. In my view, with due respect to the learned Judge who decided the case mentioned above, the position of law has not been correctly laid down. Under Muslim Law, there are different modes of talak: -

(1) Talak Ahsan:- This consists of a s