IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND SIX PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE BILAL NAZKI and THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE D.APPA RAO WRIT PETITION No.1226 of 2006 Between: M/s. Godrej Telecom Limited, (Presently known as Godrej & Boce Mfg.Co.Ltd.), 201 & 202, Lala-I Land Mark, 5-4-94 to 97, M.G.Road, Secunderabad, rep. by its Branch Commercial Manager, Sri Sumeet Baruah. ..... PETITIONER AND 1.The Appellate Deputy Commissioner (C.T.), Hyderabad (Rural) Division, V floor, C.T.Building, M.J.Road, Nampally, Hyderabad & 2 others. .....RESPONDENTS ORDER: (Per 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 rejected 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 balance disputed tax liability 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. Writ Petition is disposed of accordingly. No costs. --------------------------- (Bilal Nazki, J) 25th January, 2006 --------------------------- (D.Appa Rao, J) LUR