D. P. MOHAPATRA, J.

( 1 ) THE claim to interim maintenance by the wife and the two minor children of the petitioner is the subject matter in this revision petition. The opposite parties, the wife and the two minor children of the petitioner, filed Title Suit No. 50 of 1978 in the Court of the Subordinate Judge, Bargarh against the petitioner for realisation of Rs. 23,700/- towards maintenance. The petitioner in his written statement admitted the relationship but contested the claim on various grounds. In the said suit the opposite parties also filed a petition under Section 151, C. P. C. claiming interim maintenance at the rate of Rs. 300/-per month (Rs. 200/- for the wife and Rs. 50/- for each of the childern ). The said petition having been allowed by the learned Subordinate Judge by his order dated 13-5-1980, this revision petition has been filed by the petitioner,

( 2 ) IN their application for interim maintenance the opposite parties averred inter alia that Dukhanashini (Opp. party No. 1) is the legally married wife of the petitioner and Praphula and Kalyani (Opp, Parties 2 and 3) are the two children born out of their wedlock, that the petitioner ill-treated them and drove t