:1: IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 83 OF 2008 WRIT PETITION NO. 83 OF 2008 WRIT PETITION NO. 83 OF 2008 Tushar Kishanlal Doshi ..Petitioner versus Union of India & Ors. ..Respondents Mr. K. K. Shroff i/b. M/s. Akshar Laws for the Petitioner. Mrs. N. Masurkar with Mr. Dubey for the Respondents - Union of India. CORAM : BILAL NAZKI and CORAM : BILAL NAZKI and CORAM : BILAL NAZKI and S. A. BOBDE, JJ. S. A. BOBDE, JJ. S. A. BOBDE, JJ. DATE : 31ST JANUARY, 2008. DATE : 31ST JANUARY, 2008. DATE : 31ST JANUARY, 2008. P.C. P.C. P.C. 1. Heard learned counsel for the parties, who are present. By consent of the parties, the matter is disposed of at this stage. 2. Grievance of the petitioner is against the order passed by the Deputy Director General of Foreign Trade (ECA). He has filed appeal before the Appellate Authority and also filed an application for grant of stay. The Appeal has been filed on 14.10.2007 but the Appellate Authority has not :2: passed any order so far. In the meantime the respondents are insisting upon payment and are taking coercive steps for recovery. 3. We feel in the interest of justice need to stay recovery till the matter is taken up by the Appellate Authority and till the Appellate Authority passes an order at least on the application for stay and dispense with the requirement of depositing the amounts before the filing of appeal. In the circumstances, we allow this writ petition and dispose of it finally and direct the Appellate Authority to dispose of the application for stay within a period of eight weeks from today. For eight weeks there shall be a stay of recovery. 4. Parties to act on an authenticated copy of this order. (BILAL NAZKI, J.) (BILAL NAZKI, J.) (BILAL NAZKI, J.) (S. A. BOBDE, J.) (S. A. BOBDE, J.) (S. A. BOBDE, J.)