This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal concerns the guardianship and custody of two Hindu Minor Girls. The first minor girl named Meena alias Arthi was born on 13.5.1972. The second minor girl named Priya was born on 13.9.1973. They have lost their mother. The mother is stated to have died on 10.8.1982. Their father is alive and he is the first respondent in this appeal. The appellant is their maternal grandfather. The facts placed in the case have disclosed that the marriage between the parents of the minor children took place on 26.5.1969. The father is an Engineer and he is a M.Tech., and his profession took him to Bhopal, Delhi and Tiruchira-palli. During these years, his wife, the mother of the minor girls, was alive. His employment as such was with Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd., (BHEL) and he was so employed last at Tiruchi-rapalli. The mother of the minor children seemed to have fallen sick and she had come to her parents house at Madurai for treatment. The two minor children seemed to have been brought to Madurai in May, 1982, since their mother was taking treatment there and they were joined in a school at Madurai. Until the death of the mother, no problem seemed to ha