1. By his order dated the 21st of December, 1956, Shri H. K. Lall, Magistrate 1st Class, Amritsar, directed the petitioner under Section 488 of the Code of Criminal Procedure to provide a monthly allowance of Rs. 50.00 to his wife Shrimati Parkash Kaur and to his two minor children from her, namely, a son named Dhir Singh and daughter named Bhiro, all three of whom are respondents to the petitioner before me. On the 19th of September, 1967, the three respondents made an application under Section 489 of the Code for enhancement of the maintenance allowance from Rs. 50.00 to Rs. 150.00 per mensem. That application was allowed by Shri J. S. Bhullar, Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Amritsar who directed that maintenance at the enhanced rate would be payable from the date of the application, i. e. the 19th of September, 1987. A petition for revision of the order passed by Shri Bhullar was made by the petitioner to the Sessions Court, Amritsar, but was dismissed on the 17th of November, 1970, by Shri M. L. Mirchia, Additional Sessions Judge, Amritsar, and that is why the petitioner has come up in revision to this Court.

2. It is common ground between the parties that when maintena