IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND SEVEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE BILAL NAZKI and THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.18823 of 2007 Between: M/s.Sri Devika Agencies, Tirupathi ..... PETITIONER and 1.The Additional Commissioner of Commercial Taxes (Legal), Nampally, Hyderabad and and 2 others. .....RESPONDENTS The Hon’ble Sri Justice Bilal Nazki and The Hon’ble Sri Justice Ramesh Ranganathan Writ Petition No.18823 of 2007 Order: (per the Hon’ble Sri Justice Bilal Nazki) Heard learned Counsel for the parties. With their consent, the Writ Petition is being disposed of at this stage. The controversy is that pending an appeal, application for stay was dismissed by the competent authority. We have gone through the record. We feel that the interest of justice would have been met if stay was granted pending appeal, subject to deposit of 50% of the disputed tax within a period of four weeks from today. Therefore, we set aside the order of the authority and direct that 50% of the disputed tax shall be paid by the petitioner within a period of four weeks from today. 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 disposed of accordingly. No costs. ________________________ (Bilal Nazki, J) 6th September, 2007 __________________________ (Ramesh Ranganathan, J) lur