IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANTONY DOMINIC TUESDAY, THE 8TH JANUARY 2008 / 18TH POUSHA 1929 WP(C).No. 919 of 2008(H) ------------------------ PETITIONER: --------------- BHARATH PETROLEUM CORPORATION LTD., ERNAKULAM TERRITORY (RETAIL) OFFICE, IRUMPANAM, KOCHI-682 309, REPRESENTED BY ITS AREA MARKETING MANAGER - KERALA, SRI. N.RAMADORAI. BY ADV. SRI.K.I.MAYANKUTTY MATHER SMT.S.LAKSHMY RESPONDENTS: ----------------- 1. ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER, ASSMT.-I, SPECIAL CIRCLE-II, COMMERCIAL TAXES, ERNAKULAM, KOCHI-682 030. 2. THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER (APPEALS), COMMERCIAL TAXES, ERNAKULAM, KOCHI-682 030. 3. INSPECTING ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER, COMMERCIAL TAXES, ERNAKULAM, KOCHI-682 030. BY GOVT. PLEADER SRI.C.K.GOVINDAN THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 08/01/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: ANTONY DOMINIC, J. =============== W.P.(C) NO.919 OF 2008 H ===================== Dated this the 8th day of January, 2008 J U D G M E N T Exts. P1 and P3 are orders of assessment, which are in appeal before the 2nd respondent as per Exts. P2 and P4. Along with Exts. P2 and P4, petitioner has also filed stay petitions, which are Exts.P2(a) and P4(a). While orders are awaited on the stay petitions, recovery proceedings have been initiated by Exts. P7 and P8 and it is in this background this writ petition has been filed. Having regard to the fact that the 2nd respondent, the Appellate Authority, is seized of the appeal as also the stay petition, I dispose of this writ petition directing that the 2nd respondent shall consider and pass orders on Exts. P2 (a) and P4 (a) stay petitions filed by the petitioner, as expeditiously as possible at any rate within four weeks of production of a copy of WPC 919/08 :2 : this judgment. In the meantime, further proceedings pursuant to Exts. P7 and P8 will stand deferred for a period of six weeks. ANTONY DOMINIC, JUDGE. Rp