JUDGMENT :

Rajeev Misra, J.

1. Present First Appeal under Section 19 of Family Court Act, 1984 (hereinafter referred to as 'Act 1984') has been filed by plaintiff-appellant challenging Judgment dated 28.10.2015 and decree dated 30.10.2015 passed by Principal Judge, Family Court, Basti dismissing O.S. No. 15 of 2010 ( Gulabpati Vs. Smt. Pushpa Rani Pandey and others ).

2. We have heard Mr. Ganesh Datt Mishra, learned counsel for plaintiff-appellant and Mr. Manoj Kumar Singh, learned counsel representing defendant-respondents 2 and 3. In spite of revision of cause list, no one has appeared on behalf of defendant-respondent 1, Smt. Pushpa Pandey.

3. Plaintiff-appellant Gulabpati (hereinafter referred to as 'appellant') filed O.S. No. 15 of 2010 ( Gulabpati Vs. Smt. Pushpa Rani Pandey and others ) for a decree of declarati