Procedural fairness bars coercive recovery while a stay petition accompanying a statutory appeal remains undecided.

Where a statutory appeal has already been filed with a stay petition, procedural fairness requires authorities to defer coercive recovery until the appellate authority decides the stay request. The writ petition was disposed of with a direction that no coercive steps be taken before consideration of the stay petition by the appellate authority.

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Issues: Whether coercive recovery steps should be deferred until the stay petition filed along with the statutory appeal is decided.

Analysis: The petitioner had already availed the appellate remedy and had also moved a stay petition. In that situation, procedural fairness required the authorities to await the appellate authority's decision on the stay request before proceeding with coercive measures.

Outcome: The writ petition was disposed of with a direction to defer coercive steps until the stay petition is considered by the appellate authority.

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