( 1 ) IN this First Appeal which arises from a decree for divorce passed by the court of 1st additional District Judge, Allahabad, under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, the parties were asked to personally appear in Court in order to enable me to bring about a settlement between the two. They appeared in Court yesterday and a settlement was arrived at between them, pursuant to which an application for compromise was filed. The compromise application was sent down to the Registrar for verification. It appears from the endorsement on the back of the first page of the compromise application that the respondent-husband stated before the Registrar that "the children would remain with him, though the terms of the compromise say otherwise". I questioned the husband today before me. He said that he had no objection to the children, who were a daughter aged 9 years and a son 7 years, continuing to remain with the wife even after the divorce, but he expressed his apprehensions about the liability to pay the expenses of the maintenance of the children. On this, it was explained to him that though under the terms of the compromise he could no longer be liable to pay anything for