THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE B. PRAKASH RAO AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.Y. SOMAYAJULU WRIT PETITION NO. 5210 OF 2008 DATE: 12.3.2008 Between: M/s Pavani Controls and Panels Limited represented by its Managing Director, M. Anjaneyulu. …Petitioner AND 1.The Additional Commissioner (CT) Legal, Nampally, Hyderabad and one another ….Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE B. PRAKASH RAO AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.Y. SOMAYAJULU WRIT PETITION NO. 5210 OF 2008 ORAL ORDER: (per the Hon’ble Sri Justice B. PRAKASH RAO) Heard Sri Konukodurga Prasad, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and the learned G.P. for Commercial Tax. The learned G.P. took notice on behalf of the respondents and at the request of both the parties, the main Writ Petition itself is taken up for disposal at the stage of admission. The only grievance expressed by the petitioner in this Writ Petition is that the Additional Commissioner(CT) Legal, Nampally, the first respondent herein refused to grant stay of disputed taxes of Rs. 22,76,445/- for the assessment year 2000-01, pending disposal of the regular appeal on the file of Sales Tax Appellate Tribunal, Nampally, as against the orders passed by the first respondent. The case of the petitioner is that the appeal involved substantial question of law and therefore, it is necessary that the appellate Tribunal ought to have granted stay but the same was erroneously refused. Hence, the present Writ Partition is filed. Heard the learned counsel and also perused the material. We are of the view that since the appeal itself is pending before the Sales Tax Appellate Tribunal, Nampally, Hyderabad, it would suffice in the interests of justice to grant stay of the disputed taxes for the assessment year 2000-01, for a period of eight weeks from today and the appellate Tribunal is directed to dispose of the appeal on merits after serving notice and after giving an opportunity of hearing to the petitioner in accordance with law. It is needless to mention that any amounts already paid shall be given credit to. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is disposed of. _________________ B. PRAKASH RAO, J __________________ C.Y.SOMAYAJULU, J Dated: 12.03.2008 KA