Pending restoration application protected against coercive steps until decided within six weeks, with delay condonation application permitted.

Pending restoration applications should be decided within a fixed timeframe where auction or other coercive steps have already commenced against the petitioner's property. The High Court directed the appellate authority to decide the restoration application within six weeks in accordance with law after giving a reasonable opportunity of hearing, and protected the petitioner from further coercive action in the meantime. The petitioner was also permitted to file an application for condonation of delay along with the restoration request.

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Issues: Whether the pending restoration application should be decided within a fixed time and whether coercive steps against the petitioner's properties should be restrained till then.

Analysis: The restoration application was pending before the appellate authority, and the auction proceedings had been initiated meanwhile. In these circumstances, the matter called for protection of the petitioner's interest pending decision on the restoration request. The petitioner was also left at liberty to file an application for condonation of delay along with the restoration application.

Conclusion: The petition was disposed of with a direction to decide the restoration application within six weeks in accordance with law after giving a reasonable opportunity of hearing, and the petitioner was protected from further coercive steps in the meantime.

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