1. This first appeal is directed against the judgment and decree dated 23/08/1991 passed by the matrimonial Court dismissing the petition of the husband-appellant for annulment of his marriage under Sec. 12(1)(c) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (for short the Act).

2. Parties were married on 1/03/1987 at New Delhi and before marriage they were both divorcees. A matrimonial advertisement appeared in the daily Hindustan Times on 20/07/1986 which reads as under : "Punjabi match for 25 years old, beautiful Graduate Brahmin girl, legally divorced soon after marriage. Caste no bar. Box 24609C.A." The respondent-wife admits that this advertisement was issued by her father though the case of the appellant is that it was issued by the respondent herself. This controversy need not hold us as it is not very material for deciding the present appeal. In response to the advertisement father of the appellant wrote a letter to the father of the respondent on the receipt of which the latter sent a reply on 20/08/1986 Exhibit P1 thanking the former for his letter and confirmed that the particulars of his son suited them. Father of the respondent also mentioned the particulars of his daughter