1. Heard.

2. The present appeal arises out of an order dated 04.10.2001 passed in civil Suit No.14 - A / 1999 passed by the 3rd Additional District Judge, Durg, whereby the prayer for decree for divorce was dismissed. The suit was filed by the husband / appellant / applicant on the ground that the respondent / wife has deserted him without any sufficient cause. The instant appeal is filed by the husband.

3. The facts, as would reveal that the marriage of the appellant and the respondent took place on 03.11.1995 at Bhilai according to the Hindu rituals, thereafter, the respondent / wife joined her matrimonial home and started living there. It was pleaded that father and mother of boy were working at Andhra Pradesh and they used to visit there home at Bhilai within a gap of more than three months. It was stated that after the marriage, the wife got an opportunity of job and was select