IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND SEVEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE BILAL NAZKI and THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE S.ANANDA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.11182 of 2007 Between: M/S.Paladugu Lakshminarayana, Nazarpet, Tenali, Guntur District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1.Joint Commissioner (CT) (Legal), Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad and 3 others. .....RESPONDENTS The Hon’ble Sri Justice Bilal Nazki and The Hon’ble Sri Justice S.Ananda Reddy Writ Petition No.11182 of 2007 Order: (per the Hon’ble Sri Justice Bilal Nazki) Heard the learned Counsel for the parties and with their consent, the Writ Petition is disposed of at the stage of admission. 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 half of the liability. Therefore, we set aside the order of the authority and direct that half of the disputed tax liability shall be paid by the petitioner within a period of six weeks. For six weeks, there shall be an unconditional stay and the stay shall continue till disposal of the appeal, provided the amount is deposited within six 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) 5th June, 2007 _____________________ (S.Ananda Reddy, J) lur