( 1 ) THIS is an appeal by the appellant/husband under Cl. 10 of the Letters Patent against the order granting pendente lite maintenance @ Rs. 250/- p. m. to the respondent/wife by the learned single Judge u/s. 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, in First Appeal No. 31/87.

( 2 ) THE appellant filed a petition for divorce u/s. 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act before the Additional District Judge, Narsinghpur. The respondent moved an application u/s. 24 of the Act in that petition for grant of maintenance pendente lite. The trial Court, after recording the evidence adduced by the parties, granted maintenance @ Rs. 100/- p. m. from the date of the Order. The decree for divorce was granted to the appellant by the trial Court and aggrieved by the decree, the respondent has preferred F. A. No. 31/87, which is pending in this court. She also moved an application u/s. 24 of the Act for payment of pendente lite maintenance @rs. 100/- p. m. It appears that the application was not opposed by the appellant, but the learned single Judge granted maintenance @ Rs. 250 p. m. besides Rs. 500/- towards the litigation expenses.

( 3 ) ACCORDING to the appellant the respondent having herself