IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND SIX PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE BILAL NAZKI and THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE G.CHANDRAIAH WRIT PETITION No.7584 of 2006 Between: M/s.Sree Tirumala Commercial Corporation, D.No.16-2049, Kondavari Street, Old Guntur, Guntur (A.P.,), rep. by its Partner, Mr.N.Surendra Babu. ..... PETITIONER AND The Selcretary, Hon’ble Sales Tax Appellate Tribunal, Andhra Pradesh & 3 others. .....RESPONDENTS ORDER: (Per Hon’ble Sri Justice Bilal Nazki,) The grievance of the petitioner is that his appeal was dismissed by the Tribunal vide order dated 17-03-2006 on the sole ground that he had not paid 50% of the disputed tax within seven days as ordered by the Tribunal by order dated 10-03-2006. The learned Counsel for the petitioner contends that the amounts were deposited subsequent to the dismissal order, and as a matter of fact, on 17-03-2006 itself. After hearing the learned Counsel for the parties, we feel that the Writ Petition can be disposed of at this stage by directing the Tribunal to restore the appeal and decide it on merits, as 50% of the disputed tax has already been deposited. Writ Petition is, accordingly, disposed of. No costs. -------------------------- (Bilal Nazki, J) 20th April, 2006 -------------------------- (G.Chandraiah, J) LUR