THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE BILAL NAZKI and THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE S.ANANDA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO.27052 OF 2005 Date:20th December, 2005 Between: M/s Soma Srinivasa Reddy …Petitioner AND The Commercial Tax Officer and others …Respondents THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE BILAL NAZKI and THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE S.ANANDA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO.27052 OF 2005 O R D E R (Per the Hon’ble Sri Bilal Nazki, J): Heard learned counsel for the parties. With their consent, the writ petition is being disposed of at this stage. The controversy is that pending appeal, application for stay filed by the petitioner was dismissed by the competent authority. We have gone through the record and heard learned counsel for the parties. We feel that the interest of justice would have been met if stay was granted pending appeal, subject to deposit of 50 per cent of the disputed tax. Therefore, we set aside the order of the authority and direct that 50 per cent of the disputed tax shall be paid by the petitioner, within a period of four weeks. For four weeks, there shall be an unconditional stay and the stay shall continue till disposal of the appeal, provided the amount is deposited within four weeks. The deposit of amount shall be without prejudice to the rights of the petitioner in the appeal. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. No costs. _____________________ (Bilal Nazki, J) 20th December, 2005 ___________________ (S.Ananda Reddy,J) vrn