IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND SEVEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE BILAL NAZKI and THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO Writ Petition No.2064 of 2007 Between: M/s.A.Krishna Reddy. ..... PETITIONER AND 1.The Commercial Tax Officer, Khairatabad Circle, Hyderabad, and 2 others. .....RESPONDENTS The Hon’ble Sri Justice Bilal Nazki and The Hon’ble Sri Justice Nooty Ramamohana Rao Writ Petition No.2064 of 2007 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. Pending appeal, the petitioner ﬁled an application seeking stay of the recovery of the disputed tax, which has been declined. 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 there shall be stay of recovery till disposal of the appeal, subject to deposit of half of the total liability minus the amounts, if any, already deposited by the petitioner, within a period of six weeks from today. For six weeks, there shall be an unconditional stay and the stay shall continue till disposal of the appeal, provided the amount is deposited within six weeks. The deposit of amount shall be without prejudice to the rights of the petitioner in the appeal. The Writ Petition is, accordingly, disposed of. No costs. _________________________ (Bilal Nazki, J) 6th February, 2007 __________________________ (Nooty Ramamohana Rao, J) lur