THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM AND THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B.N.RAO NALLA WRIT PETITION Nos.25433, 23461, 23499, 23511, 23520 and 23522 of 2011 Dated: 14-09-2011 Between M/s Sri Vijaya Vasavi Agencies, rep. by its Proprietor BSVN Bapiraju …Petitioner And Appellate Deputy Commissioner (Commercial Taxes), Seethammadhara, Visakhapatnam and another …Respondents Oral Order: (Per Hon’ble Sri Justice Goda Raghuram) These writ petitions assail several orders, all dated 16-7- 2011 passed by the 1st respondent rejecting the stay applications filed by the petitioners in the appeals preferred against orders of assessment. By the orders impugned, the 1st respondent-Appellate Authority has recorded that on verification of the grounds of appeal and the contentions raised by the appellant, it is seen that no documentary evidence was furnished in respect of the claim for grant of stay. However, several documents were furnished along with the appeals by the petitioners herein in support of their appeals and the applications for grant of stay, the receipt whereof is acknowledged. The learned Special Government Pleader for Commercial Taxes Sri Balaji Varma states on instructions, that an error occurred in the recording of the orders by the 1st respondent to the effect that no documents were furnished by the appellants- petitioners and in the circumstances the orders impugned in these writ petitions are invalid. In view of the facts and circumstances above and the statement made on behalf of the respondents by the learned Special Government Pleader for Commercial Taxes, the impugned orders dated 16-7-2011 passed by the 1st respondent-the Appellate Deputy Commissioner, Visakhapatnam are set aside. The applications for interim relief filed by the petitioners herein are restored to be considered by the Appellate Deputy Commissioner who shall pass fresh orders on the applications for interim relief, expeditiously, after considering the claims of the petitioners and the documents furnished by them in support of their claim for interim relief. Till the Appellate Deputy Commissioner disposes of the applications filed by the petitioners for grant of stay in the appeals preferred by them, no coercive steps shall be taken by the respondents for collection of the tax determined in the orders of assessment, which are the subject matter of the appeals. There shall however be no order as to costs. ______________________ GODA RAGHURAM, J 14th September, 2011 ______________________ B.N.RAO NALLA, J GRR