This civil revision petition, at the instance of the wife, is directed against the order of the Court below dismissing the application filed by her in I.A.No.80 of 1987 in H.M.O.P.No.l71 of 1986, under Sec.24 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, praying that the respondent should be directed to pay the petitioner maintenance in a sum of Rs.200 every month and Rs.750 to meet the expenses of that proceeding.

2. Briefly stated, the facts giving rise to the civil revision petition, are as follows: On 17.9.1977, the respondent herein married the petitioner at Salem and the petitioner gave birth to a daughter. The petitioner and the respondent lived together as wife and husband till 228.1984. Misunderstandings appear to have arisen between the parties, which ultimately led to the petitioner being obliged to leave for her parents’ house. On 15.7.1985, the petitioner issued a notice to the respondent, setting out the circumstances, under which she was obliged to leave the house of the respondent and demanding payment of maintenance by the respondent and other expenses, to which, on 23.7.1985, the respondent replied, requiring the petitioner to come and live with him. To this, on 29.7